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DAVID LEO SPARKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 6, 1949 – October 24, 1968
Service recordDavid Leo Sparks, of Lakewood, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 30
- LONNIE THOMAS PARKERCorporal · October 24, 1968
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL PORTERFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- RICHARD STEPHEN RILEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 24, 1968
- ROOSEVELT SPEIGHTSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT TERRENCE DUNNSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 28
- RICHARD STEPHEN RILEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 30
From Lakewood
- LARRY DOUGLAS STICEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- DAVID PAUL STARKCorporal · March 25, 1968
- DUANE FRANK HORGANLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- RONALD KEITH BLOOMSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- RANDY LEE OWENSFireman · July 31, 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.