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TERRY PAUL BURK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – July 12, 1970
Service recordTerry Paul Burk, of Burkburnett, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 11
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Burkburnett, Texas (Wichita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 11
- HILBURN M BURDETTE JRSergeant · July 12, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD BURNSSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- MICHAEL ARMOND DEMASIFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1970
- WILBERT RAY DRANEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM KLINE BOYERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 10
From Burkburnett
- HARLAN RAY SLUSSERPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- MARVIN S ARTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 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.