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DAVID PAUL SPEARS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1931 – July 24, 1966
Service recordDavid Paul Spears, of Rogersville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1931
- Home of record
- Rogersville, Tennessee (Hawkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 71
- JAMES ROBERT NASHPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PRESBYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH STRAUSSERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT LARRY STUDARDSLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 67
From Rogersville
- GALE VERNON CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- ROY MAURICE BROOKSStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- JAMES PAUL RICHARDSSergeant · February 26, 1970
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.