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KEVIN GAIL BURKE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1944 – November 20, 1968
Service recordKevin Gail Burke, of Anita, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Anita, Iowa (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 14
- RAYMOND LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- ROGER CLINTON BROWNPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEON BROWNLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- ROBERT LLOYD DETRICKSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CRESCENZCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 16
- DANNY CHARLES HUDSONSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 18
From Anita
- DOUGLAS C HOLLANDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
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.