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ROBERT ALLEN BURKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1938 – September 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Allen Burke, of Orange, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Orange, New York (Schuyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 12
- NEAL GEORGE BOLLINGERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL COATESSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY FRANCIS JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 16
- RONALD LEE RONDOCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 21
- PHILIP EDWARD ZELESKICorporal · Panel 43W, Line 24
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.