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JAMES NELSON SPANGLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 3, 1942 – May 19, 1966
Service recordJames Nelson Spangler, of Mayking, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 7
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Mayking, Kentucky (Letcher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 7
- EVERETT EARL LIGHTSecond Lieutenant · June 4, 1966
- JEROME WALTER LITKEPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- JAMES LYONS JRStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1966
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
From Mayking
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · July 26, 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.