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GEORGE ANTHONY SPENCE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1949 – March 4, 1971
Service recordGeorge Anthony Spence, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 22
- JAMES JOHN SHERECKCaptain · March 4, 1971
- JOSEPH ARTHUR SILON JRCorporal · March 4, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS STRAWNSpecialist Six · March 4, 1971
- ARVID PALMER THORMODSGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ARVID PALMER THORMODSGARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 22
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.