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JOHN MILTON SPIRES
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1937 – September 6, 1967
Service recordJohn Milton Spires, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 18
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 18
- THOMAS SOLIZCorporal · September 6, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SPAK JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- BARTLEY THOMAS STOKES IIILance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SWAFFORDPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.