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LLOYD MARTAIN STARKEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1943 – June 2, 1968
Service recordLloyd Martain Starkey, of Hardy, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Hardy, Virginia (Bedford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 17
- AUDRON L SMITHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- JAMES GORDON SMITHLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE STROHMPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK TRISKESergeant · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 9
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
- STEPHEN WESLEY BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 10
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 11
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 18
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.