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BOBBY LEE SPENCER
Airman · U.S. Navy
December 10, 1945 – September 23, 1968
Service recordBobby Lee Spencer, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 23, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 42W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Launch/Recovery Eq) (ABE)
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 2
- KENNETH CLINTON SPENCERSergeant · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WHITEPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
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.