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ERNEST ALLAN SPONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1944 – February 3, 1969
Service recordErnest Allan Spong, of Oklee, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Oklee, Minnesota (Red Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 52
- MALONE BENNETT TEMPLELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS WALLSSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- DENNIS RAY WHICKERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- DAVID RYAN AUGUSTUSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL THOMAS FANTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 48
- GARY LEE GLEARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 48
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 50
- JON SIDNEY RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 51
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.