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WILLIAM DOUGLAS SPARKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordWilliam Douglas Sparks, of Stout, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Stout, Ohio (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 9
- RONALD JAMES MATELFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · June 9, 1969
- JASPER H TRUSLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- HECTOR M VALENTIN-PEREZCorporal · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM DEAN BUSHARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- JUAN JAVIER FIGUEROACorporal · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WALDEMAR JOHN GEIGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUSSELL GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- DONALD OWEN HARTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 1
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 6
- TERRY GENE RADASergeant · Panel 22W, Line 7
- EDDIE LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 8
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
From Stout
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
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.