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FREDDY KEITH STALEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1951 – October 1, 1969
Service recordFreddy Keith Staley, of Holly, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Holly, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 23
- RAYMOND MORGAN KILBYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
- CRAIG GORDON KLOTZPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
- MARK DANIEL MANGINLance Corporal · October 1, 1969
- EARL THOMAS SOMMERHOFSergeant First Class · October 1, 1969
From Holly
- KARL WENDELL RICHTERFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY WOODSergeant · September 16, 1967
- GARY JAMES SHINNSpecialist Four · May 31, 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.