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ROBERT EUGENE SPIEGEL
Captain · U.S. Army
August 14, 1938 – March 15, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Spiegel, of La Harpe, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 49
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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
- August 14, 1938
- Home of record
- La Harpe, Illinois (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 49
- WILLIAM JAMES GRIFFINMajor · March 14, 1969
- MICHAEL LEIGH STACYWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM LAMARR TANNERLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- TERRY EDWARD THARPPetty Officer Third Class · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEIGH STACYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 49
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.