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WALTER GUY BURKHART
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – November 11, 1969
Service recordWalter Guy Burkhart, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 56
- WILLIAM ALFRED BLACKBURNSergeant First Class · November 11, 1969
- RUBEN JOSE CARBAJALSergeant · November 11, 1969
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 58
- JOHN WILLIAM MEADOWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 59
- DANIEL LEONARD SEEKFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 60
- ERNEST SERNASergeant · Panel 16W, Line 60
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.