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KERMIT EDWARD BURKEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 26, 1939 – June 11, 1967
Service recordKermit Edward Burkey, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 86
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 5 BN 7 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1939
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 86
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- EMMETT LEE BOOTHGunnery Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN BRILEYAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- ERASMO CAMARGO CASTILLOCaptain · June 11, 1967
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.