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JAMES EDWARD BURKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1951 – February 14, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Burke, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 7
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM LOUIS CLINESergeant · February 14, 1970
- ERNESTO CUEVAS-RIVERASpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
From Middletown
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · June 8, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 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.