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WALTER LEO STARLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1946 – December 12, 1968
Service recordWalter Leo Starling, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 12
- JAMES ALLEN MERRETTFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYWarrant Officer 1 · December 12, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SINCHAK JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1968
- RONALD STEVENS STEPSIESpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.