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ALEX C SPENCE JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – June 20, 1970
Service recordAlex C Spence JR, of Tonawanda, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 75
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Tonawanda, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 75
- DONALD JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- BILLY RAY SARGENTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTHPrivate · June 20, 1970
- BURDER SMITH ATHEY IIISpecialist Four · June 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT F COLATRUGLIOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 71
- JOSEPH PATRICK LUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 73
From Tonawanda
- KENNETH ARTHUR VARNEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- ROBERT SMEALSergeant · March 15, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SADLERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- MARK EDWARD VANDERHEIDLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- BURTON WARD DALKESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY GRIFASIStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1970
- JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.