Military
Revolutionary War
- John Dollarhide - although not technically a Burke resident since he lived until after 1850 on land southeast of present Diboll now in the Dollarhide Hunting Club, he was an ancestor of the Forsythes and Murrahs of Pine Valley and Burke. A participant in the battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens, he is the only known Revolutionary War veteran buried in Angelina County.
Mexican War
- Samuel Christopher Johnson, Sr. - Hays Texas Ranger Regiment. Buried at Ryan Chapel.
Civil War
Residents at the time of the Civil War who served from the area.
- Eli Ashworth - Cavalry, Texas. Served in place of George Gilley.
- John J. Fairchild - Cavalry, Texas
- Patrick Johnson - Infantry, Texas
Later residents who served in other areas.
- Arthur Arrington - Infantry, Mississippi
- Jehiel B. Arrington - Infantry, Mississippi
- Sterling J. Arrington - Infantry, Mississippi
- James D. Burke - Cavalry, Missouri
- Francis Asbury Crager - Infantry, Louisiana
- Martin Vanburen Crager - Cavalry, Louisiana
- William M. Johnson - Infantry, Mississippi. Wounded at Second Bull Run.
- Samuel B. Knight - Militia, Virginia
- Joshua Lott - Infantry, Mississippi
- Thomas D. McCall - State Troops, Mississippi
- Andrew Jackson McNeely - Infantry, Louisiana
- James J. Sanders - Cavalry, Texas
- Wiley Felix Weeks - Engineers, Louisiana
- John M. Weisinger - Cavalry, Texas
World War I
- Admiral Dewey Goins
- Clarence Ervin Murrah - died of influenza while in service
World War II
- Hugh Bryant Albritton, Navy, 1941
- Dalton Albritton, Navy, 1942
- James L. Anderson, Army, 1943
- J. L. Bell, Army Air Force, 1945
- Charlie H. Breazeale, Army, 1942
- C. B. Crager, Army Air Corps, 1942
- Aubrey D. Crawford, Navy, 1943
- L. J. Conner
- Aubrye L. Fuller, Army Air Force, 1943
- Richard H. Goins, Army, 1943
- Grady M. Grimes, Army, 1943
- Eulan B. Havard, Army, 1943
- Kelly K. Havard, Navy, 1943
- Kirby Havard, Navy, 1942
- James D. Havard, Army, 1942
- Curtis Eugene Havard, Navy, 1943
- Leon Hollingsworth, Army, 1941
- Robert Hudson, Navy, 1945
- Gene Huffine, Army, 1943 - husband of Louise Murrah
- Vernon Ivey, Army Air Corps, 1943
- Luther L. Jennings, Army Air Corps, 1942
- John Marcos Johnson, Navy, 1942
- Ellis J. Kessinger, Army, 1943
- Robert Jeff Lee, Navy, 1942
- Farris (Bud) Massey, Jr., Army, 1943 - Killed in action in Normandy landing, June 6, 1944
- J T McDonald, Army, 1945
- LeRoy McDonald, Army - wounded in Germany
- Tom B. McKinney - Army Air Corps, 1941 - Europe
- Chester Lee Murrah, Army, 1940 - Europe, captured in Battle of the Bulge, prisoner of war
- Earvin Elroy Murrah, Army, 1945 - Japan occupation forces
- Hubert Lawrence Murrah, Army, 1943 - Italy, Okinawa
- Ruben Myres, Army, 1941
- J. T. Parker, Jr., Navy, 1943
- Robert E. Pate, Army, 1941
- Louis F. Read, Navy, 1943
- Thomas F. Redd, Army, 1944
- William H. Redd, Army, 1943
- Rabon L. Ricks, Army 1943
- Allen L. Rush, Army, 1945
- Zusle Rush, Jr., Army, 1943
- O. P. Rushing, Army, 1941 - Killed in action in the Phillipines, May, 1945. Awarded Purple Heart.
- Cecil Charles Ryan, Army, 1942 - South Pacific
- Joe Allen Ryan, Army, 1944
- Robert H. Samford, Navy, 1945
- Emmett O. Samford, Army, 1942
Vietnam War
- Eugene Hodges - killed in action