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KURT L STARKEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 5, 1942 – February 15, 1969
Service recordKurt L Starkey, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 40
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 40
- WILLIAM STEVEN RIGGSCorporal · February 15, 1969
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · February 15, 1969
- LEWIS RUSSELL VALENTINEPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
- LEWIS WILLIAM WARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN JOCK HOPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 38
- LEWIS RUSSELL VALENTINEPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 40
- LEWIS WILLIAM WARNER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 40
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
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.