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ROY JEFFREY BURKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1950 – December 21, 1969
Service recordRoy Jeffrey Burke, of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 75
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Carnegie, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 75
- WOODROW WILSON SNYDER JRStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1969
- WILLIAM MAYO STEVENSONCorporal · December 20, 1969
- LARRY LESTER WOODSpecialist Four · December 20, 1969
- DOUGLAS WHITING YOUNGLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEON BARBERSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 76
- JAMES HOWARD DEANSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 77
- THOMAS JOSEPH DOWDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 77
- DAVID LEROY EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 77
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 78
- ARTHUR ROBERT HERNDONCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 78
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 79
From Carnegie
- FREDERICK PETER LANGERSergeant · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS RANDAL SCALISEPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- CLIFFORD EARL HAYNES JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- JAMES LOUIS MCCABE JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
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.