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First Name: Edward
Last Name: Burdett
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Gender: Male
Branch: Air Force (1947 - present)
Home of Record: Macon, GA |
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Middle Name: Burke
Date of Birth: 10 March 1921
Date of Death: 18 November 1967 (Presumed)
MIA Date: 18 November 1967
Rank: Brigadier General
Years Served: 1943 - 1967 (24) |
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Edward Burke Burdett
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Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, Class of 1943
Engagements: • World War II (1941 - 1945)• Vietnam War (1960 - 1973)
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Biography:
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Cullum # 13891.
Shot down over North Vietnam during the Vietnam War on 18 November 1967. Died at the hands of his communist North Vietnamese captors. Remains returned to the United States following "Operation Homecoming."
One of 336 USMA graduates killed or MIA in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. One of 2 men from the USMA Class of June, 1943 to die in Vietnam. One of 29 USMA graduates who were POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
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Honoree ID: 237404 |
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