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STEPHEN ARTHUR SPIERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1946 – March 10, 1970
Service recordStephen Arthur Spiers, of Lexington, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 109
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Lexington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 109
- MARCELINO VARGAS JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- CLIFTON WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- EDWARD F YAPSUGA JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
From Lexington
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER CHILDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- PHILIP S GALLAGHER IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 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.