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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Russell Marvin Staudt.

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RUSSELL MARVIN STAUDT

Private First Class · U.S. Army

October 17, 1948 – August 13, 1969

Service record

Russell Marvin Staudt, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 19W · Line 35

Position of Panel 19W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Utilities Equipment Repairer (52C)
Born
October 17, 1948
Home of record
Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 13, 1969
Age
20
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 19W, Line 35

From Bradenton

All 18 names from Bradenton →

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.