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DONALD GLENN STAYROOK
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 14, 1946 – October 24, 1967
Service recordDonald Glenn Stayrook, of Somerset, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 24, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 65
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Somerset, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 65
- JERRY DEAN CHARLTONSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD CHRISCOESpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- DONALD RAY FOSTERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
From Somerset
- LARRY DONALD GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- ROGER WILLIAM STAHLCorporal · March 22, 1971
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.