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GERALD MARTIN STAATS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1949 – February 26, 1970
Service recordGerald Martin Staats, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 59
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 59
- DONALD F HARTZELL JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- GENE BERTAN NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · February 26, 1970
- DAVID STIRLING REIDSergeant · February 26, 1970
- JAMES PAUL RICHARDSSergeant · February 26, 1970
- TIMOTHY ROY ROESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN FLEMINGSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 57
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.