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THOMAS THOMAS SPRINKLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – July 7, 1968
Service recordThomas Thomas Sprinkle, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 40
- ROGER LEE STROUDCorporal · July 7, 1968
- JOSEPH EUGENE THOMASPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- RUSSELL DEAN WAKEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH DICKEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 33
- JAMES A GOODMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 35
- IVORY HILL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 35
- DAVID JACKSON SHARPSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 39
- WALLACE BRUCE WERNERSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 41
From Mechanicsburg
- WILLIAM ALLEN GLEIXNERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- PAUL EARL FOUGHT JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- JERRY RAY LANGLEYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN MEYER JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS JRCaptain · October 9, 1969
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · May 27, 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.