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JAMES WILLIAM SPIVEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordJames William Spivey, of Ft Meade, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Meade, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- 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
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 54
- WILLIAM JOSEPH THOMPSONChief Petty Officer · January 16, 1968
- ALVA RAY TERRELLPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- DONALD JOHN TURNERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- ELLIOTT VELEZ-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
From Ft Meade
- HARLIN HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- STANLEY MAURICE GODWINCorporal · May 18, 1967
- EULAS FAY GREGORYStaff Sergeant · March 23, 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.