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EDDIE LEE SPIVEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1937 – January 2, 1970
Service recordEddie Lee Spivey, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 120
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 22, 1937
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Bac Lieu Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 120
- KENNETH HAYES MCLENDONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- BARNEY MCCOY SMITHPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- DALLAS RAY SNODGRASSCorporal · January 2, 1970
- WILLIE B WALKER JRLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD CARMICHAELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 117
- ROGER WENDELL KVERNESLieutenant Colonel · Panel 15W, Line 119
- DENNIS ERWIN DEBNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 121
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 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.