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JACK DOUGLAS SPAULDING
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1924 – October 14, 1966
Service recordJack Douglas Spaulding, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 16, 1924
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1966
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 75
- JOSEPH NELSON STEVENSLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- LOUIS TURCHISpecialist Four · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT JACOB BLACKCorporal · October 15, 1966
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.