#world-war-ii

• Carl Spurlin Dekle (WWII veteran, viral interview) · People mixed
  Carl Spurlin Dekle (1922–2022) was a Florida Marine and World War II veteran whose tearful interview on his 100th birthday was widely shared, and reposted again in 2025–26. Spurlin, his middle name, was his mother's maiden name.
• Spurlins in the World Wars · History strong
  Five Army soldiers surnamed Spurlin, from Alabama, Arizona, North Carolina and Texas, appear on the War Department's 1946 lists of World War II dead. Two are buried in American Battle Monuments Commission cemeteries in Italy and the Philippines.