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STANLEY E SPANGLER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 2, 1947 – June 12, 1968
Service recordStanley E Spangler JR, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 1
- HAVART EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN KAPLAFKASergeant · June 12, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- JAMES LOYD LAWRENCE JRCorporal · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE YEAROUTCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 6
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.