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JAMES DENNIS SPILKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1949 – August 20, 1969
Service recordJames Dennis Spilker, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 82
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 82
- JAMES EARL RUTTANCorporal · August 20, 1969
- FRED ALBERT SLEMSEKPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- MARTIN LESTER TABERChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 20, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.