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HAROLD RAY SPILLMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – September 13, 1970
Service recordHarold Ray Spillman, of Eminence, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 62
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
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Eminence, Kentucky (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 62
- RICHARD LYNN THOMASPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- WYATT MILLER JRSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- EDMOND WILLIAM RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1970
- JAMES TAYLOR WALDRONSergeant · September 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARRISON DAVID FIELDSSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 61
- WYATT MILLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 62
From Eminence
- ROBERT EARL MCKEEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- LARRY SHEASpecialist Five · August 24, 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.