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EUGENE WAYNE BURKHART
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1947 – December 20, 1966
Service recordEugene Wayne Burkhart, of Palmdale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Palmdale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 63
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FRANKLIN HARRISPrivate · December 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS HARRISLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- DAVID ANTHONY LUMFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1966
From Palmdale
- MILTON KEITH MCNULTYFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
- CLAYTON BENTLEY LOWE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- JOHN RALPH PAINTER JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- MONTE RAY HARPERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN KINGPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MILTON SHAPIROPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- ROY GLENN ZUFELTSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.