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MICHAEL JOHN SPEAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1945 – February 8, 1969
Service recordMichael John Spear, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 89
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 89
- KENNETH CHARLES HESSSergeant · February 8, 1969
- ALVIN LEE SHADWICKSpecialist Five · February 8, 1969
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- RICHARD LOWELL SKOUBYSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY BROWNCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 83
- DAVID PETER HAEGELESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 85
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 85
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 86
- ALEXANDER A S PEOPLESSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 88
- MANUEL GURROLA ULLOASergeant · Panel 33W, Line 90
- KERRY FRANK WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 90
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.