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LARRY ERWIN BURKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – January 8, 1967
Service recordLarry Erwin Burke, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 124
- ALAN FRANCIS SCHAEFERStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- JERRY WOODALLPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOHNNY A CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GREENCorporal · May 8, 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.