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DAVID MOY BURKE JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 23, 1946 – April 29, 1970
Service recordDavid Moy Burke JR, of New Canaan, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- New Canaan, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 67
- PAUL DEWITT BRANNONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1970
- WENDELL LEE BROWNCaptain · April 29, 1970
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- LOUIS ANTHONY FAVUZZAFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 66
- EDWARD JAMES BISHOP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 66
- ROBERT SIDNEY BOGGSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 66
- DENNIS WAYNE HUNTERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JEFFREY JOHN KLAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CARL EUGENE PATTENCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CLINT JOSEPH SIMSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- ROY HARRISON SNYDERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JOHN STIEVESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- LINWOOD ALFERONIA WALKERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 71
- FREDERICK EDWARD WORTMANNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 71
From New Canaan
- FRED ANDREW LINDStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID AUSTINMajor · April 24, 1967
- HOWARD BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
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.