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KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1946 – September 17, 1969
Service recordKenneth George Burlock JR, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 100
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 100
- JERRY EDWIN BARKERLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- RONALD BURK BISHOPStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1969
- JOHN LANE CHESEBROUGHPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- MELVIN RONALD CHILDERSLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STOKELY JAMES JONESSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 102
From Jacksonville
- PHILLIP RONALD JARRETTGunnery Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WILSON JRSergeant · October 30, 1967
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM BENFORD SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 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.