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EDWARD BRUCE SPEAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1949 – October 5, 1968
Service recordEdward Bruce Spear, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 16
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 16
- PAUL LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL STRIDE JRStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- EDWARD OTTO WEIMANWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1968
- ALBERT DWAYNE WESTERMajor · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ROBERT AJSTERCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 9
- GREGORY PAUL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- KENNETH JOHN NERVIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK OHARASpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 11
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.