Leroy Burks, Jr

Private First Class
D TRP, 1ST SQDN, 9TH CAVALRY, 1 CAV DIV
Army of the United States
18 December 1946 - 01 November 1966
San Angelo, Texas
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1 CAV DIV 9TH CAV RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Leroy Burks, Jr

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


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a PBVVM representative,
Billy M. Brown
bmbrown@grandecom.net


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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 18 Jan 2006
Last updated 03/08/2008