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WARREN LEE SPINK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1946 – January 20, 1969
Service recordWarren Lee Spink, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 46 INF 198 LIB
- Born
- April 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 45
- LARRY BROWNSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- ROBERT WALTER SMITHSergeant · January 20, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD STOKERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- DAVID EARL TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1969
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.