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MILTON EARL SPEARS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordMilton Earl Spears, of Longview, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Longview, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 16
- WILLIAM LENDELL RUSHINGFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- JOHNNIE CECIL SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LONNY LAWRENCE STEWARTSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ALLEN ARTHUR STRAUSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS HAROLD BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 38
- JAY ALAN COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 3
- DENNIS PREMOCKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 14
- WILBUR EUGENE SMITH JRSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Longview
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 1970
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.