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ROBERT B STARKES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1948 – May 11, 1969
Service recordRobert B Starkes JR, of Glen Allen, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Glen Allen, Virginia (Henrico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 56
- WILLIAM SHELLEY SLAUGHTERSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY SWANSONPrivate · May 11, 1969
- CLIFFORD KAZUMI TAIRASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN TRINKALASpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
From Glen Allen
- CLARENCE RAY ANGUSPrivate · August 15, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE NAPIERSergeant · November 3, 1969
- EDGAR FRANKLIN CROUSE JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1970
- JAMES K HURLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1975
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.