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KURT CLARENCE STAAB
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordKurt Clarence Staab, of El Centro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- El Centro, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 67
- THOMAS JACK STEIMERLieutenant (junior grade) · May 8, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- PHILIP RICHARD VANASSECorporal · May 8, 1967
From El Centro
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JESSE ARMANDO MALLOBOXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 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.