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HENRY MERSHON SPENGLER III
Captain · U.S. Army
October 26, 1946 – April 5, 1972
Service recordHenry Mershon Spengler III, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1972; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 129
- THOMAS RICHARD MURENFireman Apprentice · April 3, 1972
- DOUGLAS LEE ONEILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 3, 1972
- EDWARD WAYNE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1972
- LARRY ALFRED ZICHChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 3, 1972
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CARL WINDELER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 130
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.