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John R. Burke
John Richard
Burke
was a
Foreign Service officer
and the
United States Ambassador to Guyana
during the
Jonestown Massacre
.
Born in
Madison, Wisconsin
in
1924
, Burke was a
First Lieutenant
in the
United States Army during World War II
. He also served during the
Korean War
.
After his Korean service, he
earned
a
master's degree
from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
.
Burke was the
Ambassador
to
Guyana
from
September 30
, 1977 to
September 22
, 1979.
Burke died of a
heart attack
on
August 7
, 1993 at his
home
in
Arlington, Virginia
.