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GARY ALLEN BURKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1947 – April 29, 1967
Service recordGary Allen Burks, of Covington, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 112
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Covington, Virginia (Covington (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 112
- JERRY LOUIS WAGNERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- LEWIS EDWARD CANTRELLLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
From Covington
- RALPH WAYNE BROUGHMANSpecialist Four · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES CRAGHEAD JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- ROY DARRELL HUMPHREYSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
- GARY LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DELMIS CLAYTON WATSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 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.