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JAMES POLK SPRUILL
Captain · U.S. Army
February 10, 1931 – April 21, 1964
Service recordJames Polk Spruill, of Plymouth, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Unit Officer, Training Center (82622)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 10, 1931
- Home of record
- Plymouth, North Carolina (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1964. In April 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 49
- JOSEPH GARY GALAMBOSFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1964
- DAVID EDWARD MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · April 18, 1964
- RAYMOND ALVIN ADAMSergeant First Class · April 21, 1964
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALVIN ADAMSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 49
From Plymouth
- WALTER WILBER VAILTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- HURIEL LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
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.