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GEORGE THOMAS SPILLERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1944 – January 25, 1970
Service recordGeorge Thomas Spillers, of Chula, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 67
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Chula, Georgia (Tift County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 67
- CARL JOHN PREUSSCorporal · January 25, 1970
- VICTOR P SANNICOLASSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT VINCIGUERRASpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- VERNON MIKELL WIGGINSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN GARCIACorporal · Panel 14W, Line 64
- OSCAR CRUZ GONZALESCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 65
- JEFF MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 66
- VICTOR P SANNICOLASSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 67
From Chula
- JOSEPH RAY WYNN JRLance Corporal · May 14, 1965
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.