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WILLIAM CARL BURNS JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 5, 1943 – September 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Carl Burns JR, of San Mateo, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 95
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 5, 1943
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 95
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JACKLIN MEGGS BOATWRIGHTTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VINCENT ROBERT CAPODANNOLieutenant · September 4, 1967
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 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.