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JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JR
Ensign · U.S. Navy
December 4, 1944 – August 1, 1967
Service recordJames Francis Burke JR, of Yonkers, New York, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 1, 1967, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 58
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
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 58
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JESSE WAYEN ALLENSergeant · August 1, 1967
- JAMES EARNEST BATTENPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH DAMICOPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
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.