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DAVID WAYNE STARCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – May 10, 1971
Service recordDavid Wayne Starcher, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 30
- PAUL ROBERT RIVETSergeant · May 10, 1971
- JOHN WAYNE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1971
- JOHN ARTHUR STALEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- LEWIS CLARK WALTONSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.