LT. Robert Wayne Burnes
Name: Robert Wayne Burnes
Rank/Branch O2 (1st Lt.)/USMCR
Unit: Unknown
Date of Birth: 27 January 1941
Home of Record: Edmond, Oklahoma
Date of Loss: 05 January 1970
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 164658 North 1060459 East
Status (In 1973): KIA/Body not recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Aircraft-- F-4B Tail 152283
Missions: Classified/Unknown
Other personel in incident: Larry Robinson KIA/BNR

Source: Compiled by POW Network from one or more of the following:raw data from US government agebcy sources, correspondence with POW.MIA families, published shources, interviews

REMARKS:
Larry Robinson was 32 years old, a veteran of the USMC for 14 years. The F-4B he was piloting crashed near Savannakhet, 5 miles NW of Sepone. Both Robinson and his backseater, Lt. Wayne Burnes, were declard killed in action, body not recovered.

Burnes is listed among the missing because his body was never recovered. He is one of the nearly 600 Americans who were lost in Laos during the US involvement in Southeast Asia. Although Pathet Lao stated on several occasions the held "tens of tens" of American prisoners, Laos was not included in the agreements ending American involvement in the war, and the US has never negoiated for the freedom of these men since that day. Consequently, not one American held in Laos has ever been released. Lt. Burnes' wife is still waiting for answers.
Nearly 2500 Americans remain missing or otherwise unaccounted for in Vietnam. Since the war ended, over 10,000 reports concerning missing Americans in SE Asia have been received by the US government. Many experts are completely convinced that hundreds of Americans are still held captive. Are we doing enough to bring these men home?