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HUGH FRED SPAIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1941 – January 10, 1966
Service recordHugh Fred Spain, of Joelton, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Avionic Mechanic (68N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Joelton, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 62
- MATTHEW JOHN PECHAITISSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1966
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LARRY EARL TENNILLPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
From Joelton
- CHARLES EDWARD NICHOLSWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD BIGGSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
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.