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RICHARD WILLIAM STARKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1947 – September 17, 1969
Service recordRichard William Starkey, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 106
- THEODORE VAN SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1969
- SCOTT PHILIP SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 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.