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BURKE HENDERSON MORGAN
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 4, 1936 – August 22, 1967
Service recordBurke Henderson Morgan, of Manitou Springs, Colorado, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 22, 1967, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 606 ACS
- Born
- June 4, 1936
- Home of record
- Manitou Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “606 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 31
- DONALD ARTHUR MIDDLETONLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- GEROLD LEE MOUNCESergeant · August 22, 1967
- MAURICE J NILEPrivate · August 22, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE PLATTSergeant · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CREIGHTON GILLE KERRMajor · Panel 25E, Line 30
From Manitou Springs
- GUY FRANCIS ABBOTTSergeant First Class · February 23, 1969
- DONALD PAUL LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.