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WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1936 – November 5, 1968
Service recordWillie Dalphus Spivey, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 7, 1936
- Home of record
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 24
- TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
- JOHN GLENN SCUCCHIPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- JOHN FENTON SUGGS JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- DAVID JOSEPH ULMERStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
From Myrtle Beach
- NEAL IRA BESTPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- WILLIE LEE KEITHSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- THOMAS LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · February 23, 1970
- LARRY LEON JORDANCorporal · March 24, 1970
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.