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JAMES ROBERT BURKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1949 – May 2, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Burke, of Fremont, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 3
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
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 3
- RONALD BUKOWSKIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- WILLIE C CLARKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- WALTER K CLEVELANDLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
From Fremont
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · February 2, 1968
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- KENNARD ERROL SVANOEFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.