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JOHNNY CLARENCE SPEARS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1948 – January 30, 1971
Service recordJohnny Clarence Spears, of Camden, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 70
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Camden, Texas (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 70
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1971
- ROBERT ALAN SISKCaptain · January 30, 1971
- JOHNNY EARL TIVISCorporal · January 30, 1971
- PATRICK G CARTWRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1971
- LARRY JAMES PEPPERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1971
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.