Spangler, James Nelson
Air Force 1st lieutenant

James Nelson Spangler, age 24, from Letcher County Mayking, Kentucky .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, May 19, 1966
Death details: Killed when the KC 135 jet tanker he was aboard crashed near Kadena Air Base in Okinawa.

Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Associated Press (1986)