The Wall › Panel 14W › New York › Thomas Charles Burke
THOMAS CHARLES BURKE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – February 12, 1970
Service recordThomas Charles Burke, of Bayport, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 130
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 130
- MICHAEL HUGH BREEDINGFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1970
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- SAMUEL NURRELL BURTONPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM COONSCorporal · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 2
- BILLY JAKE SMITHCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 4
From Bayport
- ALAN FRANCIS SCHAEFERStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- WILLARD SPENCER LUNDWarrant Officer 1 · March 18, 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.