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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Omer Burkett.

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WILLIAM OMER BURKETT

Captain · U.S. Air Force

February 21, 1943 – April 16, 1969

Service record

William Omer Burkett, of Dillsboro, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 16, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 27W · Line 93

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
February 21, 1943
Home of record
Dillsboro, Indiana (Dearborn County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 16, 1969
Age
26
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Dillsboro

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.