Burke, Joseph E.
Title
Burke, Joseph E.
Last Name
Burke
First and Middle Name
Joseph E.
VPI Graduating Class
1913
Service Branch
Army
Unit
Engineers
Rank
Captain
Decorations or Citations
- Recieved Croix de Gurre with the Star. Captain Burke won his medal, with its palm and star, through leading a few of his men into a German dugout and taking therefrom all of its inhabitatns, among whom were six officers and nine privates.
Information taken from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 27, page 81.
Collection
Citation
“Burke, Joseph E.,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 24, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/358.
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