HONORED ON PANEL 38W, LINE 14 OF THE WALL
KEVIN GAIL BURKE
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KEVIN G BURKE
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POSTED ON 11.20.2002
POSTED BY: cblake
Kevin Gail Burke
The dedication to you in your friend's book speaks volumes of the remarkable young man you were......You are an inspiration for anyone who ever knew you or for those who know you through other's memories.
Your courage and efforts in Viet Nam will never be forgotten in my heart and in a multitude of others who have the upmost respect and honor for the soldiers who lost their lives there.
In peace always
Your courage and efforts in Viet Nam will never be forgotten in my heart and in a multitude of others who have the upmost respect and honor for the soldiers who lost their lives there.
In peace always
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POSTED ON 11.18.2002
POSTED BY: Barb Higgins
"The Reading of Kevin Gail's Name"
Dear Burke Family:
I would like you to know that I proudly
read KEvin's name at The Wall on NOvember
9,2002 at 5:40 p.m.
Love,
Barb Higgins
[email protected]
I would like you to know that I proudly
read KEvin's name at The Wall on NOvember
9,2002 at 5:40 p.m.
Love,
Barb Higgins
[email protected]
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POSTED ON 5.29.2001
POSTED BY: Denis Burke
Tell A Tale of Iowa - Dedication to Kevin
When the following work, originally written in 1965, was republished in paperback after my cousin's death, it included the following dedication to Kevin:
Tell A Tale of Iowa. Brown, Don Doyle.
"In the early dawn of November 20, 1968, near the tiny village of Tan My in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, Lt. Kevin G. Burke of Anita, Iowa, volunteered to lead a rescue mission to attempt to reach several men from another company who were pinned down by enemy fire.
Lt. Burke carried two injured men to safety and then charged the enemy fortification, again braving heavy fire to attempt to rescue a seriously injured man who lay next to an enemy bunker. As he neared the wounded soldier a single enemy shot found its mark and instantly killed Lt. Kevin Burke.
At the age of 24, Kevin Burke, a son of Iowa, a star in athletics, an award winning public speaker, a graduate of Notre Dame, a man of many friends, and a youth whose future held unbounded promise, died the death of a hero in a foreign land while trying to save the life of a man he didn't even know.
During his funeral on December 7, 1968, the anniversary of the start of another war, the whole town of Anita turned out in a solemn honor guard at a round the clock vigil to honor the memory of its fallen son. Later the Department of the Army awarded Lt. Burke the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second highest military decoration, as well as the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
This book then, is dedicated to the memory of Lt. Kevin G. Burke, who, by the manner in which he lived and by the manner in which he died, proved he was a hero all the way."
Tell A Tale of Iowa. Brown, Don Doyle.
"In the early dawn of November 20, 1968, near the tiny village of Tan My in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, Lt. Kevin G. Burke of Anita, Iowa, volunteered to lead a rescue mission to attempt to reach several men from another company who were pinned down by enemy fire.
Lt. Burke carried two injured men to safety and then charged the enemy fortification, again braving heavy fire to attempt to rescue a seriously injured man who lay next to an enemy bunker. As he neared the wounded soldier a single enemy shot found its mark and instantly killed Lt. Kevin Burke.
At the age of 24, Kevin Burke, a son of Iowa, a star in athletics, an award winning public speaker, a graduate of Notre Dame, a man of many friends, and a youth whose future held unbounded promise, died the death of a hero in a foreign land while trying to save the life of a man he didn't even know.
During his funeral on December 7, 1968, the anniversary of the start of another war, the whole town of Anita turned out in a solemn honor guard at a round the clock vigil to honor the memory of its fallen son. Later the Department of the Army awarded Lt. Burke the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second highest military decoration, as well as the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
This book then, is dedicated to the memory of Lt. Kevin G. Burke, who, by the manner in which he lived and by the manner in which he died, proved he was a hero all the way."
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