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VICTOR LEE BURNS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1947 – June 27, 1967
Service recordVictor Lee Burns, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 68
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BOLGERSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO BYNUMCaptain · June 27, 1967
- JIMMY EARL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- FRANCISCO ALBERT MAZARIEGOSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 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.