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Burke Receives Purple Heart

By Joel Washburn
From the Mar 17, 2026 e-Edition
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REPRINTED FROM MARCH 14, 2006 McKENZIE (March 13) — Larry Dean Burke received his Purple Heart today for wounds he sustained in Vietnam on January 21, 1969.

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