BURNS, DEAN HARRY
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Date of Action: 30 March 1968
Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Dean Harry Burns (ASN: US-56831070), United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Private First Class Burns distinguished himself while serving as a Medical Aidman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On 30 March 1968, while attached to Company A of the Battalion, Private First Class Burns was participating in a vital search and destroy operation a few miles northwest of Kontum City. As the unit cautiously moved through the mountainous jungle terrain, it discovered a well-concealed enemy bunker complex and was immediately immobilized by heavy automatic weapons and mortar fire before evasive action could be taken. Several men in the lead element were wounded in the initial burst of enemy fire. Seeing the need for his medical assistance, Private First Class Burns moved through the intense hostile fire to reach each injured man's position. After administering aid, he moved each man to a safer position. He continued his mission of mercy until all were evacuated. On the afternoon of 31 March 1968, his unit was again subjected to heavy enemy automatic weapons and mortar fire. The forward element received most of the initial burst of hostile fire. Private First Class Burns ran a distance of seventy-five meters to reach the wounded, keeping just ahead of a steady stream of well-directed hostile automatic weapons fire. Reaching the injured, he carried them, one by one, to a safer position through a barrage of fire. As he was returning the last man to the covered position, he was mortally wounded by the enemy fire. His exceptional gallantry in rendering aid to his injured comrades clearly saved their lives and greatly inspired the members of the unit in successfully defeating the enemy assault. Private First Class Burns' exceptional gallantry, persevering concern for the welfare of his comrades and exemplary devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
General Orders: General Order number 1688, Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division, 25 April 1968
Home of Record: Sonoma, CA
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Date of Action: 30 March 1968
Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Dean Harry Burns (ASN: US-56831070), United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Private First Class Burns distinguished himself while serving as a Medical Aidman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On 30 March 1968, while attached to Company A of the Battalion, Private First Class Burns was participating in a vital search and destroy operation a few miles northwest of Kontum City. As the unit cautiously moved through the mountainous jungle terrain, it discovered a well-concealed enemy bunker complex and was immediately immobilized by heavy automatic weapons and mortar fire before evasive action could be taken. Several men in the lead element were wounded in the initial burst of enemy fire. Seeing the need for his medical assistance, Private First Class Burns moved through the intense hostile fire to reach each injured man's position. After administering aid, he moved each man to a safer position. He continued his mission of mercy until all were evacuated. On the afternoon of 31 March 1968, his unit was again subjected to heavy enemy automatic weapons and mortar fire. The forward element received most of the initial burst of hostile fire. Private First Class Burns ran a distance of seventy-five meters to reach the wounded, keeping just ahead of a steady stream of well-directed hostile automatic weapons fire. Reaching the injured, he carried them, one by one, to a safer position through a barrage of fire. As he was returning the last man to the covered position, he was mortally wounded by the enemy fire. His exceptional gallantry in rendering aid to his injured comrades clearly saved their lives and greatly inspired the members of the unit in successfully defeating the enemy assault. Private First Class Burns' exceptional gallantry, persevering concern for the welfare of his comrades and exemplary devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
General Orders: General Order number 1688, Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division, 25 April 1968
Home of Record: Sonoma, CA
BURNS, DEAN HARRY
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Date of Action: 30 March 1968
Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Dean Harry Burns (ASN: US-56831070), United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Private First Class Burns distinguished himself while serving as a Medical Aidman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On 30 March 1968, while attached to Company A of the Battalion, Private First Class Burns was participating in a vital search and destroy operation a few miles northwest of Kontum City. As the unit cautiously moved through the mountainous jungle terrain, it discovered a well-concealed enemy bunker complex and was immediately immobilized by heavy automatic weapons and mortar fire before evasive action could be taken. Several men in the lead element were wounded in the initial burst of enemy fire. Seeing the need for his medical assistance, Private First Class Burns moved through the intense hostile fire to reach each injured man's position. After administering aid, he moved each man to a safer position. He continued his mission of mercy until all were evacuated. On the afternoon of 31 March 1968, his unit was again subjected to heavy enemy automatic weapons and mortar fire. The forward element received most of the initial burst of hostile fire. Private First Class Burns ran a distance of seventy-five meters to reach the wounded, keeping just ahead of a steady stream of well-directed hostile automatic weapons fire. Reaching the injured, he carried them, one by one, to a safer position through a barrage of fire. As he was returning the last man to the covered position, he was mortally wounded by the enemy fire. His exceptional gallantry in rendering aid to his injured comrades clearly saved their lives and greatly inspired the members of the unit in successfully defeating the enemy assault. Private First Class Burns' exceptional gallantry, persevering concern for the welfare of his comrades and exemplary devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
General Orders: General Order number 1688, Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division, 25 April 1968
Home of Record: Sonoma, CA
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Date of Action: 30 March 1968
Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Dean Harry Burns (ASN: US-56831070), United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Private First Class Burns distinguished himself while serving as a Medical Aidman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On 30 March 1968, while attached to Company A of the Battalion, Private First Class Burns was participating in a vital search and destroy operation a few miles northwest of Kontum City. As the unit cautiously moved through the mountainous jungle terrain, it discovered a well-concealed enemy bunker complex and was immediately immobilized by heavy automatic weapons and mortar fire before evasive action could be taken. Several men in the lead element were wounded in the initial burst of enemy fire. Seeing the need for his medical assistance, Private First Class Burns moved through the intense hostile fire to reach each injured man's position. After administering aid, he moved each man to a safer position. He continued his mission of mercy until all were evacuated. On the afternoon of 31 March 1968, his unit was again subjected to heavy enemy automatic weapons and mortar fire. The forward element received most of the initial burst of hostile fire. Private First Class Burns ran a distance of seventy-five meters to reach the wounded, keeping just ahead of a steady stream of well-directed hostile automatic weapons fire. Reaching the injured, he carried them, one by one, to a safer position through a barrage of fire. As he was returning the last man to the covered position, he was mortally wounded by the enemy fire. His exceptional gallantry in rendering aid to his injured comrades clearly saved their lives and greatly inspired the members of the unit in successfully defeating the enemy assault. Private First Class Burns' exceptional gallantry, persevering concern for the welfare of his comrades and exemplary devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
General Orders: General Order number 1688, Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division, 25 April 1968
Home of Record: Sonoma, CA
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