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JOHN SPURGEON SPREWELL
Captain · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – May 19, 1970
Service recordJohn Spurgeon Sprewell, of Carrollton, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Carrollton, Georgia (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 67
- WILLIAM RUFUS SPEIGHTSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- LARRY EVANS STONESpecialist Five · May 19, 1970
- THOMAS PAUL TALBOTSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN URBASSIKSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE HERRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 64
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 65
- LARRY EVANS STONESpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 67
From Carrollton
- JIMMIE ELLIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · October 25, 1966
- SAMUEL REESE JAMES IICorporal · August 10, 1968
- LARRY LESTER WOODSpecialist Four · December 20, 1969
- LARRY GRAVESCorporal · April 2, 1970
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.