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THOMAS EARL SPRINGFIELD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1948 – October 6, 1967
Service recordThomas Earl Springfield, of Haines City, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 62
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
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Haines City, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 62
- THEODORE NELSON TAKACS JRPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- LEWIS ARTHUR TRASKPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
From Haines City
- JERRY WILLIE RAY SANKSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- GUY JOSEPH BRUNGARDTechnical Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
- RAYMOND WILSON TEALStaff Sergeant · March 12, 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.