US PARAS 2 Burkett, Elijah Wallace

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Burkett ​

• FORENAME

Elijah Wallace ​

• UNIT

501 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company B,2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Specialist Fourth Class ​

• NUMBER

587347736 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th July 1969 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Pine Grove Cemetery,Carterville,Forrset County,Mississippi​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hattiesburg,Mississippi​

born 11.11.1947​

single​

1 year service​

former 502 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (2 Bn)​

award Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster​

KIA Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 21W Line 91 ​

Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Ocean Springs,Mississippi Panel 40W​

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