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FRANK SPIERS
Captain · U.S. Army
June 27, 1936 – March 22, 1969
Service recordFrank Spiers, of Columbia, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 14
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Infantry Unit Commander (51542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Columbia, Mississippi (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 14
- LEONARDO RIOS-VELAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK SALAZARSergeant First Class · March 22, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEON SMITHSergeant · March 22, 1969
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LARRY GUTHRIESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 11
- STEVEN DALE HOOPERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 11
From Columbia
- MELVIN MCCRAYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE WILKSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- RONALD CHAPMANFireman · January 31, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL HUXSpecialist Five · September 8, 1969
- HENRY RAY EXPOSEPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
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.