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DAVID WALDEN STATON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1949 – April 30, 1970
Service recordDavid Walden Staton, of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Travelers Rest, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 77
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- CHARLES LEE SMALLINGPrivate First Class · April 30, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 1970
- LEON ANTHONY TETKOSKISergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE EDWARD HORTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 73
- LARRY NEAL JONESSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 74
- ROBERT EUGENE MASSETHSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 75
- WILLIAM ALFRED MEISTERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 75
- JOHN LESLIE SENSINGCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 77
- LEON ANTHONY TETKOSKISergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 77
From Travelers Rest
- JAMES RAYMOND MCCOYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- DONALD LAWRENCE GOLDSMITHSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY LOLLIS LIPSCOMBSergeant · April 29, 1969
- HAROLD GENE MILESSergeant · August 12, 1969
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.