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JAMES WAYNE STARKEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordJames Wayne Starkey, of Campbell, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 2
- LEROY SHANNON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- JERRY EUGENE SPICERStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- GREGORY WAYNE THOMASCorporal · May 21, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD TIERNEYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY BERNARD SEGALCorporal · Panel 65E, Line 1
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 10, 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.