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EDDIE EUGENE SPRADLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1949 – November 1, 1968
Service recordEddie Eugene Spradlin, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 5
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 5
- MICHAEL JOHN SYNODPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
- ANTHONY RICHARD TORCIVIAPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- DIETER RUDOLF VATERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN HARRY CASESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 72
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
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.