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EDWARD ODELL SPENCER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1948 – January 19, 1968
Service recordEdward Odell Spencer, of Culpeper, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 82
- JOHN AVERY ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- FRANKLIN ELLWOOD SOLLARSPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HOBART MCKINLEY WALLACE JRLieutenant Colonel · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN MARVIN ANGELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- KERRY MICHAEL BUGAJSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 74
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 75
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 77
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 77
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 78
- GEORGE HENRY NUNEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
From Culpeper
- MICHAEL EDWARD STEWARTLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- JOHN ROBIN VRABELPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- PAUL SILVEY COLVINFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- THOMAS LEE STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINCHAMSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEWIS WOODPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.