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JOHN PATRICK BURKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1947 – February 14, 1967
Service recordJohn Patrick Burke, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 30
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 30
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS SCROGGINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- LEROY J BORST JRSergeant · February 15, 1967
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT STANLEY CROKELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
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.