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OTHA THOMAS SPRIGGS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 24, 1935 – May 18, 1969
Service recordOtha Thomas Spriggs JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 50
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 50
- DANA MICHAEL SYKESSergeant · May 18, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD TACKETTSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- GARY RAY TROWERLance Corporal · May 18, 1969
- GARRY LYNN UPLINGERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.