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DOUGLAS C STARRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1947 – September 25, 1967
Service recordDouglas C Starry, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 September 25, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 13
- ALLEN DEWAYNE SMITHLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- PAUL RAY STATONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- HAROLD J STURGILL JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 8
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 9
- RICHARD DEE HENREYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 10
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 14
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
- RICHARD FLOYD TURPIN IIISpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
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.