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DEAN FRANCIS SPAULDING JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1946 – December 15, 1968
Service recordDean Francis Spaulding JR, of Manchester, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Manchester, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 28
- DAVID HAROLD ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD BISHOPPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- RENE ARMAND BOISSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DOYLE POWERSCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 26
From Manchester
- JAMES ROY BIHLMEYERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- PETER LYLE VALENCICHSergeant · May 22, 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.