The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Walter Robert Burns
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Date of Death
January 29, 1951
Corporal Burns was a member of the 29th Topographic Battalion, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers surveying areas in the Philippines. On January 29, 1951, he was on a jeep reconnaissance patrol when his vehicle was ambushed by communist "Huk" guerrillas, killing him.