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ALVIN RICHARD SPIDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1940 – May 18, 1967
Service recordAlvin Richard Spider, of Ft Thompson, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Thompson, South Dakota (Buffalo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 36
- MICHAEL SESSA JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MELVIN LEROY SHIELDSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MARK SMITH JRSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANK SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FLORENTINO CIPRIAN BARRONCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 20
- ROY DUKE CHITWOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 22
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 25
- WILLIAM CARL FREUNDCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 26
- WILLIE ROGER GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 28
- JOHN WAYNE HUDGENSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 29
- STANLEY MICHAEL JAMROZYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 29
- PHILIP JOHN OLOFSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 33
- CALVIN LEROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 37
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 37
- OLIVER ARGYLE WARESergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 38
From Ft Thompson
- MAUSE JOSEPH LEWIS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1971
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.