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MAX PAUL STARKEL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 25, 1934 – March 23, 1967
Service recordMax Paul Starkel, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 32
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- ELIJAH HENRY SMITHSergeant · March 23, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- THOMAS DUANE UTTERSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1967
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
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.