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JOHN GATES SPINDLER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1946 – April 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Gates Spindler, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 25
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 25
- JAMES WALLACE RUDDSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN RUDD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES STAVINOHAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.