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RAYMOND PAUL SPINLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordRaymond Paul Spinler, of Medford, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Medford, Minnesota (Steele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 9
- GEORGE W SMITH JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD TOLPACorporal · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 59
- DONALD PATRICK CALDWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 59
- RICHARD PAUL CAZINPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 1
- RANDALL SCOTT FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 1
- JAMES T GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 2
- JOSEF PAUL INTIHARSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 3
- KURT KARL JOBST JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- LEWIS KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- PETER FRANK KOVACHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 5
- FRANK JAY LACEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 5
- RICHARD ANTHONY PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 7
- DAVID NILSSON RASMUSSENSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 7
- JAMES EDGAR SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 8
- BILLY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 8
- JAMES WALLERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 10
- RICHARD ALEXANDRA WARESpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 10
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.