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EDWARD DALE BURKETT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 25, 1948 – November 26, 1970
Service recordEdward Dale Burkett, of Potsdam, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Potsdam, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 84
- SAMUEL LEE GANTTSergeant · November 26, 1970
- RALPH HOWELLStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1970
- DAVID EDWARD KILLIANPrivate First Class · November 26, 1970
- PHILIP EUGENE RICHARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1970
From Potsdam
- WAYNE PAUL MURRAYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEO BRENT GUNNINGSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- STEVEN JAMES RIGGSFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 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.