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JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1944 – April 21, 1969
Service recordJames Albert Spencer JR, of Gaffney, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Gaffney, South Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 22
- CHARLES GLYNN RUSH JRGunnery Sergeant · April 21, 1969
- TOMMY QUINN SEGARS JRCorporal · April 21, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD SIMONSENPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- ALFRED STARKSergeant · April 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD AUTREYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 17
From Gaffney
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
- JOHN WILLARD CLARYPlatoon Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARK PETTYSergeant First Class · June 21, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ALLISONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WARREN LESTER RUTLANDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 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.