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IRA JAMES SPITTLER III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 20, 1945 – February 5, 1967
Service recordIra James Spittler III, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 125
- DAVID EDGAR PRICE JRPrivate · February 5, 1967
- KENNETH DAVID ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD SCOTTSecond Lieutenant · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN ANGERMILLERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAYMOND ECKERSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 123
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 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.