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A V SPIKES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1940 – May 21, 1966
Service recordA V Spikes, of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 99
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Hazlehurst, Mississippi (Copiah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 99
- MARVIN LOUIS DOOLEYSergeant · May 19, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOEL TAMAYOPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- WADE TASTEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AUSTIN LEON DRUMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 88
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 89
- ROBERT LEE BENJAMINPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 92
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 92
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 93
- LOUIS BUCKLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 94
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 94
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 95
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 96
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 97
- DANIEL GIBSON POSTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 98
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 99
- JOEL TAMAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
- WADE TASTEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
- LONNIE CLIFFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 100
From Hazlehurst
- EDGAR HUNTER BEASLEYCorporal · November 3, 1966
- EDWARD EARL BEACHAMPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- CARTER PURVIS LUNAColonel · March 10, 1969
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.