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WYNNE LEONARD BURLINGAME
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1948 – June 7, 1968
Service recordWynne Leonard Burlingame, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 20
- JERRY NOLAN CHRISTMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- JOHN ASHER COMBSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD CORES IISergeant · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ASHER COMBSSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 21
- JAMES FRANK KONECNYCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 24
- REYNALDO LERMA TORRES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 28
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.