Burns, Walter, SSG

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Cavalry

Last Primary MOS
11D10-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist

Last MOS Group
Armor

Primary Unit
1967-1967, 11D10, I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

Service Years
1951 - 1967

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

South Carolina

Year of Birth
1929

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Casualty Info

Home Town Due West	Last Address Due West

Casualty Date Sep 24, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Long Khanh (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Mount Zion AME Church Cemetery - Abbeville, South Carolina	Wall/Plot Coordinates 27E 004

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1967, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

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	Tributes from Others posted by IN Olsen, David O, SGT 553
	From Wayne Goad posted by CA Short, Diane (TWS Admin) 1368

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Mt Zion AME Church C...	Unit Crest	Headstone	Newspaper Clipping
11th Cavalry	Three Soldiers	Fiddler' Green

From Wayne Goad: Mar 14, 2013

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Wayne Goad

Information Related to your TWS Remembrance Profile #42230

Walter died on my first combat mission with I Troop. He was a very good NCO and very professional. I had not known him very long but thought well of him.. RIP Trooper

Email Address: bandit16t@yahoo.com

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CA Short, Diane (TWS Admin)

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Last Updated:
Mar 14, 2013

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