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MICHAEL SHELDON SPEAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1951 – June 17, 1970
Service recordMichael Sheldon Spear, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 61
- WAYNE CHARLES MOUSELSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- MARION DEWAINE OVERBEYSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- JAMES RAY SWANGOCorporal · June 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PRESTON HENRY ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 59
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
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.