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ALFRED WILLIAM SPINNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1950 – April 27, 1969
Service recordAlfred William Spinner, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 68
- DENNY LYNN ASHERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- SHELDON ORA BARNESSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- HUGH BRADLEY BLEVINS JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- GALE LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
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.