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DARRELL JOHN SPINLER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 16, 1938 – June 21, 1967
Service recordDarrell John Spinler, of Browns Valley, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 21, 1967, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AIR CMDO SQ
- Born
- June 16, 1938
- Home of record
- Browns Valley, Minnesota (Traverse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 32
- CLIFFORD W LEATHERS JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- EDGAR LEE MCWETHY JRSpecialist Five · June 21, 1967
- JOHN LOUIS OLSENCorporal · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
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.