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TYRONE JOSEPH STATEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – April 20, 1969
Service recordTyrone Joseph Staten, of Gary, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 15
- GLENARD JAY GREGORYSergeant · April 20, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH PARKER JRSergeant · April 20, 1969
- SILAS WILLIAM PAROBEKPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CODAR STATESStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1969
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.