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LOUIS DANIEL SPRINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1947 – July 12, 1967
Service recordLouis Daniel Springer, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 64
- TROY LAVERNE SEXTONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT SPITLERCorporal · July 12, 1967
- BOYD EDWIN SQUIRELieutenant Colonel · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN STRANGEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.