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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: SPANGLER
First name: GEORGE OWEN
Home of Record (official): BAYTOWN
State (official): TX
Date of Birth: Friday, March 9, 1945
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 54508257
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
A Troop 1st Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Friday, September 29, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, May 19, 1968
Age at time of loss: 23
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Other explosive device (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Hoa Nghia
The Wall: Panel 63E - Row 018
--- Interment ---
Earthman Memory Gardens Cemetery
8624 Garth Rd
Baytown, TX 77521
(281) 421-1288
Section B, Lot 128, Space 12