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HOMER DOYLE SPRING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1932 – January 18, 1968
Service recordHomer Doyle Spring, of Buda, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 18, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Buda, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 71
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY STOLZPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 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.