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STEVEN WAYNE BURNAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – November 4, 1968
Service recordSteven Wayne Burnam, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 15
- RICHARD CHARLES SIMONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1968
- ELTON GENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS HUGH BERGERONSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENNY DEAN CLAYTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39W, Line 16
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 19
- BILLIE WELDON WILKINSONSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 19
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.