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ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – July 10, 1969
Service recordElijah Wallace Burkett, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 91
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 91
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- PETER EDWARD ULRICKSONCorporal · July 9, 1969
- STEVE ANDERSONCorporal · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 92
- KENNETH JULIAN CYMBALSKICorporal · Panel 21W, Line 92
- BOBBY GENE FARMERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 92
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 93
- CHARLES THOMAS STOCKBAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 95
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 95
From Hattiesburg
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- THOMAS DEVECMON OTT IIAirman · July 29, 1967
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY BURTONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
- EDWARD ERNEST MCBRIDEMajor · November 27, 1968
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · July 2, 1970
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.