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JEROME FRANK STARKWEATHER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 14, 1931 – June 9, 1967
Service recordJerome Frank Starkweather, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 81
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 14, 1931
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 81
- CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- IRA EDWARD SCOTTStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- ANDREW HARRY SHIMPSpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- HOWARD ERNEST SWANNSergeant · June 9, 1967
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.