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ROBERT LEE SPIRES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1946 – March 5, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Spires, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Fitzgerald, Georgia (Ben Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 24
- CLIFFORD EDWARD SPARKSSpecialist Six · March 5, 1967
- PHILIPPE BRUCE STEPHENLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- MAGDALENO TARANGOLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
From Fitzgerald
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- GEORGE ROGERS BENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- TOMMY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- JAMES LARRY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- WILLIAM PRESCOTT ARTHURCorporal · June 19, 1970
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.