ROBERT  CHARLES  BURKE

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Deceased 05/17/1968
Rate/Rank
 PFC
Service Branch
USMC 3/1967 - 5/1968
Speciality
MACHINE GUNNER
Born
 11/07/1949
MONTICELLO, IL
KILLED IN ACTION IN QUANG NAM PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF MEDAL OF HONOR IN THE VIETNAM WAR.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
COMPANY I, 3RD BATTALION, 27TH MARINE REGIMENT
1ST MARDIV, III MAF
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
MEDAL OF HONOR 
PURPLE HEART 
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON 
NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION 
NAVY MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION 
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL 
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM MILITARY MERIT MEDAL 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS INDIVIDUAL CITATION WITH PALM 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS UNIT CITATION 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CIVIL ACTIONS UNIT CITATION 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL