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JOHN MARTIN BURKE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1948 – March 20, 1969
Service recordJohn Martin Burke, of Rockland, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 87
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockland, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 87
- VAUGHN DAVID CONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · March 20, 1969
- DAVID LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- RICHARD RAY MAYNARDSergeant · March 20, 1969
From Rockland
- JAMES EDWARD MCCUEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- BRUCE EDWIN JONESCorporal · February 25, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS BARTLETTSpecialist Five · August 8, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- JAMES MASON KELLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.