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CURTIS EARL BURKETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – February 19, 1971
Service recordCurtis Earl Burkett, of England, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 120
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- England, Arkansas (Lonoke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 120
- ANTHONY JOSEPH CARACCILO JRCorporal · February 19, 1971
- ROBERT LLOYD DALTONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
- GERALD ALFRED GRAYPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
- JAMES LARRY HULLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1971
From England
- THEODORE JACKSON BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DARRELL LYNN HAGGARDWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1968
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1970
- ROY GENE SHADDONSergeant First Class · May 22, 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.