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EDWARD IRWIN STARR
Captain · U.S. Army
May 31, 1941 – December 30, 1966
Service recordEdward Irwin Starr, of Patterson, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Patterson, New York (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 103
- WILLIE WALKERSpecialist Four · December 30, 1966
- JAREL WAYNE AYERSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- ZACKRIE BROOKINS JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HOMER LOWERYMajor · Panel 13E, Line 102
From Patterson
- JAMES CLAIR FOSTERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD KEELERSpecialist Four · March 24, 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.