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STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUE
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 8, 1930 – September 12, 1966
Service recordStanley George Sprague, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 12, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 89
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROLANDO LUIS SOLIZPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- M L WILLISSergeant · September 12, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
From Rapid City
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 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.