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FRANK SPENCER III
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 28, 1949 – January 23, 1970
Service recordFrank Spencer III, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 61
- CAREY ALLEN FOSNAUGHSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- ALLEN RAY TOWNERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1970
- DENNIS CHARLES WARDPrivate First Class · January 23, 1970
- DANIEL LOUIS BEHMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS CHARLES WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 61
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.