Mason Irwin Burnham

Vietnam War
Unit421st Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromPortland Oregon
Date of DeathApril 20 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Burnham was a member of 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron. On April 20, 1972, he was the co-pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a combat mission over Quang Tin Province halfway between Ben Giang, South Vietnam and Chavane, Laos. His aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on June 7, 1994 and identified on October 1, 1999. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.