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DEAN CALVIN SPENCER III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordDean Calvin Spencer III, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59W, Line 28
- ALTON LEON STAPLES IIIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- EDDIE THOMAS TERRYStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1968
- REYNALDO LERMA TORRES JRSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL WARREN TRAVISLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE THOMAS TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 59W, Line 28
- BRIAN CARL WINNERPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 1
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
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.