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ARLIE SPENCER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – May 15, 1970
Service recordArlie Spencer JR, of Westland, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Westland, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 47
- ARNOLD LEE ROBBINSSergeant First Class · May 15, 1970
- JESSIE FRANKLIN SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1970
- KENNETH EUGENE SMITHSpecialist Five · May 15, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD STINNSpecialist Four · May 15, 1970
From Westland
- JOSEPH F WILLISFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- DENNIS GLENN PRINCESergeant · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · March 29, 1970
- REFUGIO THOMAS TERANStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL GIUSTACorporal · June 2, 1970
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.