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CHARLES KENTON BURKART JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1949 – June 22, 1968
Service recordCharles Kenton Burkart JR, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 18
- GEORGE CRAWFORD CURRIELance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- TATE TALMAGE HACKNEY IIIStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1968
- WARNER CRAIG JACOBSONCaptain · June 22, 1968
From Greensburg
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- TIMOTHY MORGAN DICKCorporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · May 23, 1968
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN HRUTKAYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
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.