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ROBERT MILTON STATON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1947 – November 11, 1967
Service recordRobert Milton Staton JR, of Jamesville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamesville, North Carolina (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 76
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS SAWYERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS SHAWPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- MICKEL MELVIN SMITHLance Corporal · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 72
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- LARRY MARTINSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 74
- EDWIN J MARTINEZ-MERCADOPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- GARY FRANCIS SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 76
- JOHN STEINER STUCKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 77
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.