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CLOYCE ORAL BURKETT JR
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 4, 1930 – October 8, 1967
Service recordCloyce Oral Burkett JR, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 69
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 4, 1930
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 69
- SCOTT MCCLELLAND BURKETTCaptain · October 8, 1967
- THEODORE JOSEPH CHASONCorporal · October 8, 1967
- HENRY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN VILARDOSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.