THE WALL OF FACES

I was with Dennis Burke and Burns that sad day, Burke was new to our unit but made friends fast. I was the medic that retrieved and treated them. Neither suffered thank God. I was the 3rd APC behind when we heard the explosion. I think 6 other guy's were seriously wounded including on of my new medics that was on the 1st APC.I'll never forget.

Second Lieutenant Dennis Edward Burke, Served with the 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

SP4 Bernard "Butch" J. Burns Jr. was an infantryman and 2LT Dennis E. Burke was an Infantry Unit Commander, both serving with 3rd Platoon, B Company, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry, 1st Cavalry Division. On February 6, 1968, B Company was on a combined operation with the 41st ARVN Regiment in the eastern Nui Mieu Mountains of Binh Dinh Province. Burns and Burke were riding on the lead Armored Personnel Carrier when they hit a mine estimated at 500 pounds. Both men were killed in the blast. Another four members of 3rd Platoon were seriously wounded. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and ichiban1.org]

Dear Lt Dennis Burke,
Thank you for your service as an Infantry Unit Commander with the 1st Cavalry. It is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Dennis was in my platoon at Fort Jackson in the summer of 1966.
I remember him well since our last names are the same but we are not related.
I learned of his death many years after he passed. I was a clerk in Vietnam & never saw any action. I have a great deal of respect for people like Dennis who did the real work in Southeast Asia.