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WILLIAM A BURNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1935 – December 29, 1965
Service recordWilliam A Burnett, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 45
- ARTHUR SINCLAIR HILL JRLieutenant · December 29, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- EDGAR ARTHUR RAWSTHORNECommander · December 29, 1965
- THOMAS PETER SIMCHOCKPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PETER SIMCHOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 45
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
- HERMAN C BROEGELER IIILance Corporal · August 1, 1967
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.