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DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 24, 1944 – November 12, 1968
Service recordDaniel Eugene Spencer JR, of Bend, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 57
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 57
- LARRY EUGENE SOMMERSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- TERRY MICHAEL WESTERGARDLance Corporal · November 12, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT BOGARTSergeant · November 13, 1968
From Bend
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM HARMON KOHOLance Corporal · March 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD KLAWITTERLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD JERRY HORNBACKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
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.