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ROBERT FRENCH STARBUCK
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1941 – February 4, 1967
Service recordRobert French Starbuck, of Montgomery, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 121
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Montgomery, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 121
- WOODROW HOOVER WILBURNColonel · October 2, 1966
- JAMES CLENNON WINSTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN WOODSpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- CLIFFORD DOIL BEELERSpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
From Montgomery
- GARY BRUCE BAKERSpecialist Five · June 3, 1967
- STEVEN MATARAZZOCorporal · December 15, 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.