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JOSEPH VICTOR SPELLMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – February 16, 1968
Service recordJoseph Victor Spellman, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 67
- DANIEL MELVIN STONEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- PEARLY JUNIOR THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- ROBERT BRIAN THOMSONCorporal · February 16, 1968
- JIMMY ELLISON TOLLIVERStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNY LAWRENCE COLTERPrivate · Panel 39E, Line 58
- RICHARD LEE BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 60
- PAUL MICHAEL ASHSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 61
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 61
- JEROME RICHARD KELLYSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 62
- ADOLFO LUNASergeant · Panel 39E, Line 63
- ROGER DALE PYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 65
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.