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ALLEN ROBERT SPINKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – January 4, 1966
Service recordAllen Robert Spinks, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 67 TRANS CO 4 TRANS CMD 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 53
- LEO ANGELO REMONDINI JRSergeant · January 3, 1966
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- FRANCIS WAYNE BEAGLESergeant · January 5, 1966
- LIONEL JOHN BRYAN JRSpecialist Four · January 5, 1966
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 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.