THE WALL OF FACES

Captain 'Wally' Walter Francis Burke, USAF, Fordham College Rose Hill 1962 and also Brooklyn Prep high school 1958 was among the twenty-three alumni honored at the dedication of the War Memorial in the University Church on April 21st 2013

Dedicated on Sunday, April 21, 2013 in the entrance hall of the University Church. Captain Walter Francis Burke, USAF is remembered along with twenty-two other alumni who died in the Vietnam War.

On November 17, 2012, the dog tag of Captain Walter F. Burke was returned to his family after 43 years. Pictured are Lauren Burke Branch & Scott Burke (children) and Cynthia Burke (Capt. Burke's widow). Another son, Jake Burke was not able to attend the presentation. The ceremony took place in the Katy VFW in Texas.

Cynthia Burke, and her 3 children ( Lauren, Scott & Jake ) receiving the medals of her husband and their father after he was killed. Photo taken in 1969.

'He had a zest for living, and he he treated me like a queen every day of my life.'

'I wish the kids could have known how much he loved them.'