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LEE ROY DAVID SPROUSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – June 25, 1968
Service recordLee Roy David Sprouse, of Dunmore, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Dunmore, West Virginia (Pocahontas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 39
- ROBERTO BRAGHINI JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1968
- WAYNE MICHAEL SMITHSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- DOMINIC UNGARO JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GREGORY HENRYPrivate · Panel 55W, Line 35
- EDWARD MARZENELL JRSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MELLOCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 36
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.