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LEROY SPILLER III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1946 – August 29, 1967
Service recordLeroy Spiller III, of Galena Park, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 66
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
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Galena Park, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 66
- JESSE ALLEN TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD THORNTONPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
From Galena Park
- CHARLES RAY GOODWINPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ROY L JOHNSONSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
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.