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JAMES WALTER SPEER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 1, 1950 – May 23, 1969
Service recordJames Walter Speer, of Bloomfield, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 90
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, Iowa (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 90
- PETER FRANSSON RUSSELLLieutenant · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT PETER SCIBILIASpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · May 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY ONEAL GRIFFINSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 84
- KENNETH WARREN KRUKEMYERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 86
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 88
- ROBERT PETER SCIBILIASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 90
- JOHN MICHAEL ODONNELLSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 91
- JAMES EDWARD WORKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 91
From Bloomfield
- RUSSELL DEAN MARTINLieutenant Colonel · June 3, 1966
- GORDON BRUCE MATTHEWSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 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.