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DANIEL LEE STARKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1949 – October 31, 1969
Service recordDaniel Lee Starkey, of Kent, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Kent, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 10
- BRIAN JOHN MORROWSergeant · October 31, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- EDWARD EUGENE SEESergeant Major · October 31, 1969
- THOMAS J SMALLWOOD JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1969
From Kent
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- MARK JOHN DEFRANGESergeant · June 25, 1969
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
- RICHARD MORGAN REESCaptain · December 15, 1973
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.