Birth:  Aug. 30, 1949
El Dorado
Union County
Arkansas, USA
Death:  May 31, 1970

OBITUARY:

Warrant Officer John Charles Burris, 20, of El Dorado, was killed in action May 31, 1970 in [Binh Long] Vietnam. He was born August 30, 1949, in El Dorado, the son of Col. Rupert Hugh and Julia Jo Hastings Burris. He was a helicopter pilot with the U.S. Army, and served with the 120th Division Co Light and the 165th Air Group First Aviation Brigade. He had been in Vietnam approximately 10 months. He was a member of the Cloverdale Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.

Survivors include his parents of Honolulu, Hawaii; two sisters, Mrs. Gary C. Walton of Tucson, Ariz., and Miss Clarice Burris of Hawaii, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hastings and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Burris, all of El Dorado.

Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Young's Chapel. Dr. Don B. Harbuck and Maj. Joseph E. Galle, chaplain, will officiate. Burial will follow in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. The family will be at the Charles Hastings residence at 1400 W. Main St. 

Burial:
Arlington Memorial Park 
El Dorado
Union County
Arkansas, USA
 
Created by: Iris Meshell
Record added: Aug 24, 2011 
Find A Grave Memorial# 75434735

Wall of Faces - CWO John C Burris

Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: John Charles Burris
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1949
Death Date: 31 May 1970
Home City: El Dorado
Home State: Arkansas
SSN/Service #: 416745588

Death Date: 31 May 1970
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Tour Start Date: 6 Aug 1969
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Reserve (USAR, USNR, USAFR, USMCR, USCGR)
Rank: CWO
Military Grade: CWO
Pay Grade: Warrant Officer
Company: 120th Aviation Co
Province: 21
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Occupation: 100B
Data Source: Coffelt Database