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CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINS
Captain · U.S. Army
October 1, 1943 – March 10, 1970
Service recordCarroll Wayne Spragins, of Leavenworth, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 108
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Military Police Officer (9110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Leavenworth, Kansas (Leavenworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 108
- ROBERT MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · March 10, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY STRUSSLance Corporal · March 10, 1970
- ALEX VICTOR VARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- KENNETH EDWIN WEDLOWPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ROBERT DONALDSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 103
- CHARLES DARNELL HICKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 104
From Leavenworth
- MURVIN SCHALIPP JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- EDDIE RAY DERRITTCorporal · May 3, 1966
- GARY DEAN LITTLESpecialist Five · July 8, 1967
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- RAYMOND HORACE PIKE JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · January 31, 1968
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOE LOUIS EMERYPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- HAROLD KENNETH RINGFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 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.