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OVELL SPRUILL
Private · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – August 4, 1970
Service recordOvell Spruill, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 83
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 83
- RONALD PATRICK MCNEILLSergeant · August 4, 1970
- JESSE LEE MOSESSpecialist Four · August 4, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 82
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 83
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.