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RONALD WAYNE BURKHART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1949 – March 26, 1968
Service recordRonald Wayne Burkhart, of Albany, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Albany, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 29
- RICHARD LEWIS BELINGEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- JOSEPH M BROWNPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT J PIATKOWSKICorporal · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EUGENE LOMAXSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 37
From Albany
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- ROLLIE LEE BOLDENSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM E SODERSTROMSergeant · May 6, 1966
- LARRY DALE KNIGHTMajor · October 7, 1966
- EARL FREDERICK SMITHSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN HIUKKAPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- JIMMY LYNN DELANOLance Corporal · March 13, 1968
- JOHN LEE HOLMESPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR AKIN JRPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
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.