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MICHAEL JAMES BURKHART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1944 – May 24, 1968
Service recordMichael James Burkhart, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 5
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 5
- CLARENCE JAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES DAVID BOWERSCorporal · May 24, 1968
- DONALD B BUTTONCaptain · May 24, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN CARLSONCorporal · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE DEAN KENYONSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 4
- TOUSSAINT LEO TITUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 69E, Line 3
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.