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MAX RAY SPANGLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 2, 1949 – January 12, 1968
Service recordMax Ray Spangler, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 39
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · January 12, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS QUILLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- DARRY RICHARD STRAUSSERCorporal · January 12, 1968
- JULIUS THOMASCorporal · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ELDREW BARRONCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 33
- LEE ROGER DANIELSONSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES CASTALDICorporal · Panel 34E, Line 38
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 38
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 39
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.