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WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 23, 1941 – December 19, 1967
Service recordWinfield August Spoehr JR, of New London, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1941
- Home of record
- New London, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 27
- LESTER LEON RIDINGSSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN RIEGELPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- BRUCE WAYNE STLOUISPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DANIEL BARNETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 20
- JUNIOR EDWARD LOTTCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 24
- ANTHONY RALPH MANTOUVALESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 25
- RAYMOND L ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 29
From New London
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD LLOYD DAVISConstructionman · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD MATYASPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · June 9, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- KENNETH HARVEY KANAMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 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.