Louis Dassonville Burns, III

1935 - 1971  (35 years)

• Name	Louis Dassonville Burns  [1]
  Suffix	III
  Birth	1 Jul 1935	Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jun 1971	Gretna, Jefferson Parish, LA   [1]
  	Obituary -- Louis Dassonville, III LT Lou Burns was a decorated Navy Vietnam helicopter pilot attached to Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron Three and HA(L)-3 Seawolves attached to Det 5 from 1969-1970 where he was awarded 5 Individual Action Air Medals, 12 Strike/Flight Air Medals, and 2 Navy Commendation Medal w/Combat V, among other awards. We had information that Lou was killed approximately 8 months after returning from Vietnam in a helicopter oil rig crash. It appears he hit a power line coming back over land and crashed into the Mississippi River near Gretna, LA. He had orders to NAS PT. MUGU, CA at the time, but left the Navy instead. Also appears he was prior Air Force Enlisted: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Enlistment Date 1:17 Aug 1954 Release Date 1: 16 Aug 1958
  Person ID	I12145	Crane Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Louis Dassenville Burns, Jr.,   b. 3 Jun 1907, Nicholas County, WV d. 24 Jun 1936, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Elvina Unknown,   b. 26 Jul 1911   d. 12 Jan 1996 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F4502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dottie Lou Hall,   b. 22 Dec 1934, West Virginia d. 19 Jul 2003, California (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Victoria Burns   2. Robin Burns   3. Kristin Burns   4. Laura Burns   5. Ann Lee Burns   6. Louis Burns   7. Terrence Burns
  Family ID	F4503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S2949] Obituary, BURNS, Louis Dassonville, III, (ID #96674692), 16 Jun 2019 (Reliability: 3).