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JAMES MAYNARD SPENCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1937 – February 27, 1966
Service recordJames Maynard Spence, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 84
- JOSEPH JOHN REILLYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- ROGER DEAN BULIFANTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANCIS AYRESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 82
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 83
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 84
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 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.