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GENE B SPENCER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1944 – June 23, 1966
Service recordGene B Spencer, of Walworth, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 82
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Walworth, Wisconsin (Walworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 82
- RAYMOND MONTELL CARLEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- ERNEST E MCALUMSpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
From Walworth
- KENT WILLIAM LONGMIRESergeant · April 20, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM GREBBYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 21, 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.