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JOHN ROLAND BURKE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1944 – June 6, 1967
Service recordJohn Roland Burke, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 60
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 60
- NEIL WAYNE ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- DUANE SCOTT BAKERCaptain · June 6, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH BARNESSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 6, 1967
- NILES BURNEYLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.