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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Larry Sprinkle.

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JAMES LARRY SPRINKLE

Corporal · U.S. Army

March 4, 1947 – August 15, 1969

Service record

James Larry Sprinkle, of Franklin, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 19W · Line 48

Position of Panel 19W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
March 4, 1947
Home of record
Franklin, North Carolina (Macon County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 15, 1969
Age
22
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 19W, Line 48

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.