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HAROLD ELMER BURKETT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 17, 1938 – January 31, 1966
Service recordHarold Elmer Burkett, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 31, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 122
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania (Mifflin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 122
- VICTOR EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · January 31, 1966
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · January 31, 1966
- ROBERT D DONALDSONSpecialist Five · January 31, 1966
- GLENN FRANKLIN DRAKEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
From Lewistown
- SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHARTSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
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.