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JOHN MILTON STARKES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1942 – October 12, 1965
Service recordJohn Milton Starkes JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 120
- ROBERT THOMAS EFAWHospitalman · August 24, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CHARLES FRANKLIN KANE JRCaptain · October 12, 1965
- LEROY FRANKLIN MINNIXPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 120
- LEROY FRANKLIN MINNIXPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 120
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 121
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.