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JOHN DELBERT STARRETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1947 – October 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Delbert Starrett, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 112
- MARK TIMOTHY SORCIPrivate · October 4, 1970
- BRIAN DALE UPRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 4, 1970
- DAVID ARTHUR DAVIDSONStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN EUGENE GROVESergeant · Panel 7W, Line 111
- DENNIS LEE MIKOLAJCZYKStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 111
From Bartlesville
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
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.