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WILLIAM DAVIDSON BURKE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1947 – June 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam Davidson Burke JR, of Oxnard, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 72
- PETER VINCENT BLAZONISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID BOYERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BRADYCorporal · June 18, 1969
- GEORGE ROBERT BROWNINGSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 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.