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WALTER J SPAINHOUR JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1940 – September 15, 1966
Service recordWalter J Spainhour JR, of Lenoir, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Lenoir, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 98
- JEFFERY RONALD SMALLIDGEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LLEWELLYN ANTONIO SMITHPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- JOSEPH HARRY SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
From Lenoir
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · July 31, 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.