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EUGENE SPENCER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1945 – October 31, 1968
Service recordEugene Spencer, of Bellevue, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 68
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 68
- THOMAS EDWARD SIRBAUGHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ALBERT PETER SMERIGLIOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ANTHONY LAWRANCE SPINOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE STANKOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN HENRY RAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 67
- THOMAS EDWARD SIRBAUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 68
- ROBERT GEORGE STANKOPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 68
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 69
From Bellevue
- DELMER ANDERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE HENRYSergeant · August 24, 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.