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JAMES ODIS SPAW
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1948 – August 18, 1968
Service recordJames Odis Spaw, of Costa Mesa, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Costa Mesa, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 48
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · August 18, 1968
- ARTHUR SEABROOKSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- LORENZO SEWELLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS SLACK JRCorporal · August 18, 1968
From Costa Mesa
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD LEELieutenant Commander · July 9, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROGER KIMO YAMANAKALance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- LEONARD ZACHARY GURWITZLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN ROWEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
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.