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LOUIS JOHN SPEIDEL
Captain · U.S. Army
April 23, 1946 – June 25, 1971
Service recordLouis John Speidel, of Milford, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Milford, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 89
- WAYNE STEPHEN MURPHYPrivate · June 25, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WHITAKERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- MICHAEL ROY WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1971
- SEBASTIAN EDWARD DELUCAMaster Sergeant · June 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT PARKER CARDENCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 88
- CHARLES THOMAS JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 88
From Milford
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MCCOYSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
- ROGER MINETT LAYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOHN T LEFLERSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
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.