United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
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U.S. Marine Corps · United States 
John Gates Spindler
1946 – 1968
Vietnam Wall · Panel 51E
Second Lieutenant John Gates Spindler served in the U.S. Marine Corps. John served with the G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV. John served in the Vietnam War. John was 22 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Blast injury
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Quang Tri
Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
0301: Basic Infantry Officer
BASIC INFANTRY OFFICER
QUANG TRI
1968
Pay grade O01. DCAS record DCAS-VN-049200.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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John Gates Spindler
Second Lieutenant
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1968
2nd Battalion 3rd Marines
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