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JAMES HALL SPANN
Captain · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – November 26, 1971
Service recordJames Hall Spann, of Hayward, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 74
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 74
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
- VINCENT BERNALPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
- RONALD DEE CARLETONSpecialist Five · November 28, 1971
- JERALD WAYNE CARTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JACK PIERCEPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 73
- LAWRENCE CLAUDE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 73
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.