Michael Paul Burns

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromEl Paso Texas
Date of DeathJuly 31 1969
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Staff Sergeant Burns was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On July 31, 1969, he was on a reconnaissance mission just inside Laos due west of Hue. The team came under heavy attack severely wounding Staff Sergeant Burns. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.