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BLAIR WILLIAM STARKEY
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
June 16, 1943 – August 28, 1967
Service recordBlair William Starkey, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 59
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Constructionman (CN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO NMCB 1 3 NC BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO NMCB 1 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 59
- PHILLIP WILLARD LESLIELance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- JERRY LEE NEWMANPetty Officer Second Class · August 28, 1967
- JEROME DEAN PATTERSONConstructionman · August 28, 1967
- ALAN ANGEL SANTIAGOLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.