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GORDON KEITH SPEARMAN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1946 – March 10, 1971
Service recordGordon Keith Spearman JR, of Hermiston, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 36
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Hermiston, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 36
- JAMES LAVERNE RANDALLCorporal · March 10, 1971
- GARY HERBERT ROBISONCorporal · March 10, 1971
- CURTIS RICHARD SMOOTSergeant First Class · March 10, 1971
- EDMOND DAVID BILBREYCaptain · March 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROGER MELVIN PISACRETAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 35
From Hermiston
- GREG LOW GESSELSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- JAMES LINSDAY BADLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLERLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- JOHN ALAN WAREStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
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.