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JOHN STANLEY STAFF
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 12, 1948 – June 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Stanley Staff, of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 7, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 106
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Steelworker (SW)
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 106
- CHARLES GLENN RAWLSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- EDWARD ROBERT RAYMOND IIILance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · June 7, 1969
- KENNETH LLOYD SMALLPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
From Belle Vernon
- LARRY OWEN HARDENSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
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.