The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
David S. Burke
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 24 INF 25 DIV
Date of Death
May 31, 1951
Private First Class Burke was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 27, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951. Later PFC Burke's remains were recovered and identified in 2015. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.