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DENNIS EDWARD BURKE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – February 6, 1968
Service recordDennis Edward Burke, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 50
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 50
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RONALD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM BRYANTCorporal · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD JOHN BURNS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 51
- WILLIAM DAVID ELTRINGHAMSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 54
- CURTIS DEAN SCOWDENSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 69
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
- CRAIG BARKER HOLTCorporal · May 26, 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.