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JAMES RONALD SPELLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1949 – November 19, 1967
Service recordJames Ronald Speller, of Windsor, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Windsor, North Carolina (Bertie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; 42 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 34
- DUNCAN PADGETT SMYLYMajor · November 19, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD STEPHENSSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JAMES ERLAN TEAGUELieutenant · November 19, 1967
- RICHARD W THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 21
- ROY JAMES BLACKWELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 22
- MARIO ALVAREZ CISNEROSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 23
- GARY ROBERT COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 23
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 23
- BENJAMIN DAVID DEHERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 24
- MICHAEL LE ROY ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 24
- JAMES WILLIAM FLYNT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 25
- JAMES CARL FREDERICKSergeant First Class · Panel 30E, Line 25
- GERALD LEE GEORGE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 25
- PRELOW GRISSETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 26
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 27
- THOMAS PATE HUDDLESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 27
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · Panel 30E, Line 27
- JEFFREY WAYNE KOONCESergeant · Panel 30E, Line 28
- ROGER ALLEN KROSPrivate · Panel 30E, Line 28
- ROBERT C LAVALLEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 29
- WITOLD JOHN LESZCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 29
- ANDREW JOHN OROSZSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 31
- WILLIAM ALLEN ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 32
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 32
- ROBERT JAMES SANDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 33
- JACK HENRY SHOOP JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 33
- LEWIS BENJAMIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 33
From Windsor
- ELWOOD OWENSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WILLIE ROBERT RASCOE JRSergeant First Class · April 9, 1970
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.