Leroy Burks, Jr
Private First Class
D TRP, 1ST SQDN, 9TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
San Angelo, Texas
December 18, 1946 to November 01, 1966
LEROY BURKS Jr is on the Wall at Panel 12E, Line 2

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Leroy Burks
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18 Jan 2006

PFC Leroy Burks
is remembered on the
Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
in Midland, Texas.

From a PBVVM representative,
Billy M. Brown
bmbrown@grandecom.net


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 01 Nov 1966 units of the 1st Cavalry Division engaged in a bitter fight with the 93rd Battalion, 2nd VC Regiment, at Dam Tra-O Lake, 16 kilometers southeast of Bong Son, Binh Dinh Province. Twelve US soldiers died in the fighting:
  • 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry
    • 1SG Dayton L. Hare, Washington, DC, B Company
    • SGT William G. Mendenhall, Commerce City, CO, B Company
    • SP4 William Garcia, Pacoima, CA, HQ Company
    • SP4 Allan A. Milk, Long Eddy, NY, B Company
    • SP4 Robert L. Shuck, Newcastle, WY, B Company
    • SP4 Jose A. Vazquez, North Bayshore, NY, B Company
    • PFC Daniel J. Illi, Ann Arbor, MI, B Company
    • PFC John F. Knopf, New York, NY, B Company
    • PFC Michael H. Stoflet, Elkhorn, WI, A Company (Dist Svc Cross)

  • 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry
    • SGT Joshua T. Jones, Moyock, NC, HQ Troop
    • SGT Daniel T. Martinez, Clovis, NM, A Troop
    • PFC Leroy Burks, San Angelo, TX, D Troop

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