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WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE III
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 1, 1941 – March 22, 1966
Service recordWilliam Ervin Burke III, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 37
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 37
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- JOHNNIE M CURLEESpecialist Four · March 22, 1966
- MICHAEL JULIAN DELGADO JRSergeant · March 22, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
From Roseburg
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 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.