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GALON GENE SPAFFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1944 – November 22, 1968
Service recordGalon Gene Spafford, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 39
- DOUGLAS REX SEAVEYSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- RICHARD C SWIFTMajor · November 22, 1968
- ADOLPH WILLIAM TAJCHMANSpecialist Five · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY BURKHART CHIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 33
- LEROY DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 34
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 36
- DAVID MARTIN MISZEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 37
- RONALD JAMES PANICCIACorporal · Panel 38W, Line 37
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
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.