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WILLARD EARL SPIVEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – December 17, 1969
Service recordWillard Earl Spivey, of Franklin, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Franklin, Kentucky (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 68
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPILLERSLieutenant Colonel · December 17, 1969
- THOMAS T TOMSICSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- DEWITT STANLEY VANCECaptain · December 17, 1969
- RICHARD EARL WESTFALLPrivate First Class · December 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEIL EDWARD HARVEYCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 67
- THOMAS T TOMSICSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 68
From Franklin
- EARL WAYNE FRYEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE MAYBERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- PAUL DOUGLAS ATONPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE CLAYBURNLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
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.