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JOHN FLANAGAN SPANGLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – July 8, 1970
Service recordJohn Flanagan Spangler, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 133
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 133
- LEE ERNEST MARSH JRLance Corporal · July 8, 1970
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · July 8, 1970
- JOHN DARREL SKIRVINSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- ALLEN RALPH STROUDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH EDWIN GRAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JOHN WILLIAM MURSCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 131
- WILLIAM LEROY NETTLESpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- DONALD BRUCE THOMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 1
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.