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ROBERT GARY STATON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – May 25, 1967
Service recordRobert Gary Staton, of Salt Lick, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 107
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Salt Lick, Kentucky (Bath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 107
- RAYMOND MARTIN SIEGERLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD STAHLSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- JOHN ALVIN SUTHERLANDPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- CHARLES ELBERT THOMASLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GENIUS CLARKSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 101
- HARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 105
- LEONARD KING NUTESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 105
- GARY LEE STYMUSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 108
- ANDREW SAMUEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 109
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.