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WALTER BURNS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1929 – September 24, 1967
Service recordWalter Burns, of Due West, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Due West, South Carolina (Abbeville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 4
- CLAUDE ALLEN SMITHLance Corporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- ELISEO A ANDRADE JRFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1967
- GORDON JOSEPH BRULE JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE BERNARD CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 5
- ERRAL DALE SMALLWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 7
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 7
- JOE MINOR THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 7
From Due West
- CLARENCE ALBERT LATIMERSergeant First Class · March 30, 1969
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.