John Walter Burke

The database page for John Walter Burke

07 Jan 1999 REMEMBERED by his family. lazyheds@aol.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall Dogs were used extensively in Vietnam as scouts, trackers, and guards. Each of the services had their own organizational way of doing things; the Army's was to establish separate Infantry Platoons which were assigned to major commands and which provided dog handlers and dogs to lower-echelon units. Then-PFC John W. Burke was assigned to the 38th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog), a unit of the 25th Infantry Division. According to the 38th IPSD site both handler and dog were killed in action on 16 Oct 1967. Only three men from the 25th Infantry Division died in Binh Duong Province on 16 Oct 1967: 38th Inf Plt Scout Dog: CPL John W. Burke, Moncure, NC C Company, 2nd Bn, 14th Inf Rgt PFC Denzell R. Mills, Newfane, NY PFC James W. Prather, Gaithersburg, MD While not absolute proof, it's circumstantial evidence that PFC Burke and Rip might have been with Charlie 2/14 when they were killed. Haywood Independent Bible Church Cemetery Moncure, North Carolina

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 07 Jan 1999
Last updated 06/19/2008