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GARY LYNN SPIEKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1946 – May 29, 1970
Service recordGary Lynn Spieker, of Ballinger, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 119
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Ballinger, Texas (Runnels County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 119
- ANDREW DAVID SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- JOHN L THOMPSON JRSpecialist Five · May 29, 1970
- FREDDY LAMAR BRATTONSergeant · May 30, 1970
From Ballinger
- DANNY D GARDCorporal · February 28, 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.