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ROBERT EVERETT SPIRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – March 12, 1969
Service recordRobert Everett Spires, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 25
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Tewksbury, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 25
- GERALD LEROY THARPPrivate · March 12, 1969
- TYRONE GARY THOMANSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD LEWIS THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · March 12, 1969
- TOMMY LEE TRIMBLESpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT GAZZEPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 19
From Tewksbury
- GEORGE ARTHUR KYRICOSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL MORRISWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1968
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- LUCO WILLIAM PALMASeaman · September 18, 1970
- DANIEL KENNETH ERLANDSONSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
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.