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MICHAEL STEPHEN SPRATLIN
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
May 23, 1949 – August 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Stephen Spratlin, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 120
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- May 23, 1949
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 120
- FRANK MARION STREAMERSeaman · August 9, 1969
- GWYMAN STRIBBLINGPrivate First Class · August 9, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 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.