Charles William Burkart Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit13th Bomber Squadron
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromSelkirk New York
Date of DeathJune 13 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Colonel Burkart was a member of the 13th Bomber Squadron, Danang Air Base, South Vietnam. On June 13, 1966, he was the pilot of a Martin Canberra Bomber (B-57B) on a night strike mission 8 miles southeast of Ban Som Peng in the Ban Karai Pass region of Khammouane Province, Laos, when radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.