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WENDELL MELVIN BURNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – September 6, 1969
Service recordWendell Melvin Burns, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 46
- MICHAEL THOMAS BURNSCaptain · July 5, 1968
- LARRY DANIEL BOOBARSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- BOBBY GENE HAYNESSergeant · September 6, 1969
- JERRY WARNER HICKERSONPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.