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THOMAS JAMES BURKE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1941 – May 22, 1967
Service recordThomas James Burke, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Gloucester, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 82
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- GARY LEE CARLEPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RANDAL RAY AYLWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 81
- HAROLD ANDREW FORDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 83
- ANTONIO GUERRA GARZA JRPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 83
- WALLACE STANLEY DWORACZYKSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 84
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 84
- CLARENCE LUTHER MORRISSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- MICHAEL WAYNE RAMSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 87
- CARL WAYNE SCALLIONSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 87
- MACK DANIEL SIMMONS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 87
- TERRY GORDON STRAUBSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 87
From Gloucester
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- FRANK ANTHONY DAMICOFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1966
- FRANK THOMAS KRESESKIE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- PAUL DARYLL KNOWLTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · November 27, 1968
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 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.