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LONNIE DAVID SPROUSE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1939 – September 28, 1966
Service recordLonnie David Sprouse, of Mableton, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Mableton, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 27
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- DANNY GENE TAYLORStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1966
From Mableton
- ROY M MCWILLIAMSCaptain · January 20, 1967
- KENNETH RAY BLAIRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- LEON ALTON PALMERSergeant · August 17, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASCorporal · February 25, 1969
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.