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WILLIAM CARL BUERK
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 15, 1940 – April 11, 1971
Service recordWilliam Carl Buerk, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 11, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 118
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 614 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- February 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 118
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- MERLE DEWAYNE BROWNCaptain · April 11, 1971
- THADDEUS DENNISSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1971
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.