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MICHAEL CARR SPOTSWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – December 29, 1968
Service recordMichael Carr Spotswood, of Denison, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Denison, Iowa (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 6
- DAVID PAUL NASHPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- EUGENE LE ROY RATHMANNSecond Lieutenant · December 29, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS SCHERDINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND JONES JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- WILLIAM DOYLE KINDLESergeant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 5
From Denison
- LARRY PAUL BLACKMANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- ALLEN RAY ARNOLDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · November 29, 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.