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WILLIAM ROBERT BURNETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1946 – January 11, 1967
Service recordWilliam Robert Burnett, of Highland Park, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 8
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Highland Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 8
- CURTIS MALROY VOSSSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE WHITELance Corporal · January 10, 1967
- ALAN D WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
From Highland Park
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- BENNY FRANK NIMOXCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1970
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
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.