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ELMER FRANK SPINA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1946 – January 2, 1967
Service recordElmer Frank Spina, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 111
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY OBRIENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH SCANLANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- THOMAS LEE TROELSTRUPSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARLAND G FUGATESpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 108
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 109
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.