George J Burkett was born August 7th, 1930 in Vandergrift Pennsylvania. Starting in 1950, he served our country in the Korean war as a First Class Airman in the United States Air Force.
We was married to C. Marlene McDermott Burkett, and together they had a son named George Timothy “Breeze” Burkett. All of whom are now deceased. George died at the young age of just 43 in 1973. He was buried in Vandergrift Cemetery.