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JOHN WAYNE SPAFFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1948 – February 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Wayne Spafford, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 69
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 69
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- HUGH LESLIE SHERBURNTechnical Sergeant · February 5, 1969
- WILLIE SUMMERVILLE JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- PAUL EUGENE SWIGART JRLieutenant (junior grade) · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE KELLAMSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 65
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 70
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.