The Spradlin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,356 people carried this name — #4,806 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,253 in 2000.

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In print

Spradlin in American newspapers,
1929–1930.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Spradlin
The Washington Times 1930-07-15
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Spradlin
The Washington Daily News 1930-07-15
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Spradlin
Evening Star 1929-05-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,535 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Spradlin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • G. D. Spradlin 1920–2011 · actor
  • Landon Spradlin 1953–2020 · preacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Spradlin,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States326 records

326 records of the Spradlin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 243
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gerald Douglas Spradlin

    Born 1952; from Ft Rucker, Alabama. U.S. Army, utility/observation helicopter pilot; killed in action 1972 in Kontum, South Vietnam. Buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eugene C. Spradlin

    Born 1920 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Huntington; surveyor from Fayette County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Inc, Norfolk, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record David A. Spradlin

    U.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1960, died 1980; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 326 records for Spradlin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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