SPINDLER, JOHN GATES
Name: John Gates Spindler
Branch/Rank: United States Marine Corps/O1
Unit: G/2/3/ 3 MAR DIV
Date of Birth: 01 February 1946
Home City of Record: ST LOUIS MO
Date of Loss: 21 April 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 164000 North 1070000 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: GROUND
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020
REMARKS:
CACCF/ARTILLERY/ROCKET/QUANG TRI
No further information available at this time.
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Library of Congress files:
RVN: Correspondence between USMC and Senator Symington's office
Country: RVN
Name: SPINDLER, JOHN G.
Subjects: Ground battle; QUANG TRI PROVINCE; Killed
Reel: 188
Page: 15-21
Type of Document: Letter
Date of Report: 68 08 13
Date of Information: 68 04 21
Category: Casualty files
RVN: MESSAGE REQUESTING CONTACTING ALL PERSONNEL WHO TOOK PART IN THE
RECOVERY OF REMAINS AT TIME OF LOSS.
Country: RVN
Name: SPINDLER, JOHN G.
Subjects: Ground battle; QUANG TRI PROVINCE; Killed; Remains
Reel: 188
Page: 32
Type of Document: Message
Date of Report: 68 10 08
Date of Information: 68 04 21
Originator: CMC
Category: Casualty files
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10/01/2015 LINK - Joint Task Force Full Accounting - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/pwmia/369/114365.pdf
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02/2020
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Second Lieutenant John Gates Spindler, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Missouri, was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. On April 21, 1968, he was standing near an ammunition storage area in Quang Tri Province, when an enemy mortar shell struck the storage area, causing it to explode. Second Lieutenant Spindler was killed in the explosion, and the nature of his loss made the recovery of his remains impossible. Today, Second Lieutenant Spindler is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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