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JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETT
Major · U.S. Army
August 25, 1925 – July 13, 1964
Service recordJoseph William Burkett, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger (81262)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 25, 1925
- Home of record
- Muskogee, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1964
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 58
- BILLY T HATFIELDCaptain · July 13, 1964
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
Same unit, same day
- BILLY T HATFIELDCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 58
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · Panel 1E, Line 58
From Muskogee
- BUREN RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- CLAUDE NATHANIEL WILLIAMSCaptain · November 25, 1966
- JERRY K COVEYSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
- RONALD STEWART ALLEN IIIStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- GARRY RAYMOND CHAPMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
- JERRY LEE CHAMBERSLieutenant Colonel · May 22, 1968
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · August 28, 1968
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · September 13, 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.