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RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 29, 1944 – November 5, 1966
Service recordRichard Allen Spangler, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 30
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 30
- GEORGE GERALD STOLLSergeant · November 5, 1966
- CLAUDE CARROLL SUPINGERPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · November 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 26
- JOHN R CANIFFSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 27
- WILLIAM LUTHER DENMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 27
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 27
- LYNN JORDAN RUSSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 27
- EARL DEWITT HUTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 28
- HARRY D LUNDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 28
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MULLENSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 28
- ALAN JAMES PERRAULTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 29
- GEORGE GERALD STOLLSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 30
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 30
- ROBERT EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 30
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 31
- ROBERT LEE VESTSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 31
- ARTIE DELL WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 31
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 31
- GENE TALBERT WINTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 31
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 32
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
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.