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THOMAS ALAN BURKHARDT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1946 – May 27, 1967
Service recordThomas Alan Burkhardt, of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 128
- GORDON BYRON BLACKWOODLieutenant Colonel · January 30, 1967
- ROY ROBERT BOOTHSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- ROBERT BLAINE DANIELSLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- PETER EVAN DAYFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1967
From Elizabeth
- JOHN VINCENT CHUTISStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE LARGEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · August 26, 1968
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- ALEX DENNIS PYSZSpecialist Four · October 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.