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WILLIAM T SPEARMAN III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1949 – March 9, 1969
Service recordWilliam T Spearman III, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 96
- DONALD LEE SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- AARON CHARLES SMITHSergeant · March 9, 1969
- LARRY MAX SMITHSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DAVID CARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 85
- BOBBY DEAN CLARKSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 86
- KENNETH GEORGE CLARKE JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 86
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 89
- JOHNNY PAUL GRISSOMSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 89
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 93
- JOSEPH EDWARD NOHE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 93
- AARON CHARLES SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 96
- JAMES HOWELL WALLSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 97
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.