The Wall › Panel 15E › California › Eric B Speak
ERIC B SPEAK
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – February 15, 1967
Service recordEric B Speak, of Costa Mesa, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 36
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Costa Mesa, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 36
- RICHARD DWAINE STOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES LEROY RUSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- PEDRO ANDRE SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN B CHAMBERLAINSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 31
- JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 32
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 32
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 33
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 33
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 33
- VAN DYKE WILLIAM MANNERSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 34
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 35
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 37
From Costa Mesa
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD LEELieutenant Commander · July 9, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROGER KIMO YAMANAKALance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- LEONARD ZACHARY GURWITZLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- JAMES ODIS SPAWCorporal · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN ROWEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 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.