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WILLIAM GREGORY BURKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1948 – March 31, 1969
Service recordWilliam Gregory Burke, of Saddle River, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Saddle River, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 96
- RICHARD CARL BEHNKECaptain · March 31, 1969
- HERBERT EUGENE BELCHERPetty Officer First Class · March 31, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS BRANNANSergeant First Class · March 31, 1969
- DONALD LEE BRUCKARTSeaman · March 31, 1969
From Saddle River
- JAMES ESKEL LOFGRENStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- THOMAS MCKNETT NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
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.