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JOHN WALTER BURKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – October 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Walter Burke, of Moncure, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 14
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Moncure, North Carolina (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 14
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM CLARKE JRMajor · October 16, 1967
- RICHARD ARTHUR DEMERSCorporal · October 16, 1967
- KEVIN LEE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 14
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 16
- DENZELL RAY MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 16
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 16
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.