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JERRY ROBERT SPITLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 14, 1947 – July 12, 1967
Service recordJerry Robert Spitler, of Shreve, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 64
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
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Shreve, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 64
- TROY LAVERNE SEXTONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- LOUIS DANIEL SPRINGERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- BOYD EDWIN SQUIRELieutenant Colonel · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN STRANGEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHASTSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 65
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.