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ELMER LYNN SPIVEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – April 29, 1969
Service recordElmer Lynn Spivey, of Port Neches, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 78
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Control Repairer (45G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Neches, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 78
- ERWIN JOHN HARDERCorporal · April 29, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN JENSENFireman · April 29, 1969
- RICHARD LEON KELLERPetty Officer Third Class · April 29, 1969
- ROY LOLLIS LIPSCOMBSergeant · April 29, 1969
- WALLACE JEROME MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY LOLLIS LIPSCOMBSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 78
- CLINTON WILLIAM SHAVER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 79
- ARTHUR RONALD STRAHINStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 80
- JAMES WALTER TUTTLESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 80
From Port Neches
- RONALD BRUCE CHURANFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1969
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.