Barracks to be named for Piatt County Marine

MONTICELLO – The Marines are naming a barracks for Piatt County's only Medal of Honor winner.

Pfc. Robert C. Burke, one of 13 brothers and sisters from Monticello, died on Go Noi Island, Vietnam, on May 17, 1968 – but only after saving his fellow Marines from enemy fire.

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