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DAN CLIFTON STARNS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1940 – July 18, 1967
Service recordDan Clifton Starns JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 89
- RICHARD JOHN TORTORICEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 11, 1967
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- PATRICK JOHN SWEENEYHospitalman · July 18, 1967
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- ROBERT LEVETT GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 85
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 85
- ROGER WILLIAM GREETANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 86
- JEROME JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 86
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.