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FRANK LYNN STATON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – February 27, 1970
Service recordFrank Lynn Staton, of Winthrop, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Winthrop, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 65
- FRANCIS JOHN J PRUITTCorporal · February 27, 1970
- RONALD WADE STAFFORDSpecialist Five · February 27, 1970
- GARY LEE SWARTZSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS TAYLORCorporal · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY CLARENCE BERRIERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 61
- JAMES BENEDICT HEARDCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 62
- JESUS M ENCARNACION-COLONSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 64
- JAMES EDWARD PIVACorporal · Panel 13W, Line 64
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 66
From Winthrop
- RALPH BERNARD GERKENSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
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.