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WILLIAM LYLE SPERB
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 22, 1948 – April 14, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lyle Sperb, of Gresham, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 83
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Gresham, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 83
- MICHAEL GRANT PORTERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- LLOYD DANIEL QUILLENSergeant · April 14, 1969
- THEODORE FRANK SIEGELPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
- THOMAS MONTGOMERY SMITHSergeant · April 14, 1969
From Gresham
- DONALD LEWIS HARDENSergeant · May 10, 1968
- ROY JERRY CURRYSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.