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JAMES FREDERICK SPENCER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – November 2, 1969
Service recordJames Frederick Spencer, of Oscoda, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 20
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Oscoda, Michigan (Iosco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 20
- DAVID LEE MASONStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1969
- KEITH FRANK SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- ROBERT EMIL SCHROEDER JRCorporal · November 2, 1969
- JON WILLIAM STOKKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 16
- MICHAEL LEROY HARRISCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 18
- LEO CLAUDE HESTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 19
From Oscoda
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate · March 16, 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.