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GARY LEE BURKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1945 – April 10, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Burke, of Faribault, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Faribault, Minnesota (Rice County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 8
- RONNIE FRANKLIN BRANAMSergeant · April 10, 1968
- SHERRICK CAMDEN BRITTONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- AUBREY ALLEN BRYANSergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
- FRANK HARRY BUSHEYPrivate · April 10, 1968
From Faribault
- THOMAS DELL EASTMANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMANMajor · September 26, 1966
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.