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SCOTT MCCLELLAND BURKETT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 12, 1940 – October 8, 1967
Service recordScott McClelland Burkett, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 69
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Tarentum, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 69
- CLOYCE ORAL BURKETT JRTechnical Sergeant · October 8, 1967
- THEODORE JOSEPH CHASONCorporal · October 8, 1967
- HENRY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN VILARDOSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
From Tarentum
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · April 24, 1966
- JAMES GRANT CALLENCorporal · January 15, 1967
- GERALD NEAL REMPERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES DUGANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
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.