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DONALD EDWIN SPENCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1949 – November 18, 1969
Service recordDonald Edwin Spence, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 94
- MATTHEW ALONZO THOMAS JRSpecialist Five · November 18, 1969
- KANJI YOSHINOSergeant First Class · November 18, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH BACHMANFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 92
- DAVID LEE DOYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 92
- THOMAS JOSEPH HARTMANSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 93
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RAGSDALESpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 93
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.