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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Robert Spillers.

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WILLIAM ROBERT SPILLERS

Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force

October 1, 1930 – December 17, 1969

Service record

William Robert Spillers, of Wissahickon Village, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 15W · Line 68

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
Service
Regular
Born
October 1, 1930
Home of record
Wissahickon Village, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 17, 1969
Age
39
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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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.

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Also on Panel 15W, Line 68

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.