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ERLE LAWRENCE BJORKE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 30, 1939 – October 15, 1967
Service recordErle Lawrence Bjorke, of New Brighton, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 7
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 30, 1939
- Home of record
- New Brighton, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 7
- KEITH WESLEY ALLENPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- JAIME CAMBRELENPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- FRANKLIN LEE CAREYCorporal · October 15, 1967
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
From New Brighton
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- CHARLES OTTO SPILLMANPetty Officer First Class · February 28, 1968
- DARREL THOMAS SWANSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- PAUL ARTHUR NELSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 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.