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JOEL PAUL STAUNTON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 3, 1943 – July 23, 1967
Service recordJoel Paul Staunton, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 23, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 113
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronics Technician (Submarine) (ET)
- Born
- September 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 113
- CHARLES EDWARD OLIVERPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- EUGENIO RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- WILLIAM SIDNEY ROSS JRCorporal · July 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.