Burns, III, Louis Dassonville D.., LT

Deceased
 
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Final Rank
Lieutenant
Last Designator
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Last Designator Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1969-1970, 131X, Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) 3 (HA(L)-3) Seawolves
Service Years
1954 - 1971
Lieutenant Lieutenant

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Home State
West Virginia
West Virginia
Year of Birth
1935
 
The current guardian of this Remembrance Page is Louis Burns, IV-Family.

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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Daniel L Arnes, CMDCM
 
Contact Info
Home Town
Lewisburg, WV
Date of Passing
Jun 21, 1971
 
Location of Interment
Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery - Lewisburg, West Virginia

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Last Known Activity:


We had information that Lou was killed approximately 8 months after returning from Vietnam in a helicopter oil rig crash.

He had transfer orders 10/5/1970 from HA(L)-3 to NAS PT. MUGU, CA at the time, but got out of the Navy instead.

   
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It appears Lou had prior Enlisted Air Force service before the Navy:
----------------------Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Name:    Louis Burns
Gender:    Male
Birth Date:    1 Jul 1935
Death Date:    24 Jun 1971
SSN:    XXX-XX-XXXX
Branch 1:    AF 
Enlistment Date 1:    17 Aug 1954 
Release Date 1:    16 Aug 1958 

   

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Date
Feb 27, 2017

Last Updated:
Apr 6, 2017
   
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Beckley Post-Herald Newspaper Article, Jun 25, 1971
Beckley Post-Herald Newspaper Article, Jun 24, 1971

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