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WILLIAM RICHARD SPATES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1939 – October 25, 1965
Service recordWilliam Richard Spates JR, of Kensington, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Kensington, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 134
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM LEROY JOHNSONCaptain · October 25, 1965
- BEN K MCBRIDEPrivate First Class · October 25, 1965
- JOSEPH R SWEDASpecialist Four · October 25, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEROY JOHNSONCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 134
From Kensington
- WALTER LLOYD DROSDLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS CARROLL D MOFFITTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT HAZEN SHIELDS IIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 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.