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JERRY EUGENE SPICER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1940 – May 21, 1968
Service recordJerry Eugene Spicer, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 2
- LEROY SHANNON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GREGORY WAYNE THOMASCorporal · May 21, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD TIERNEYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · Panel 64E, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 64E, Line 11
- CHARLES PATRICK BROWNSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 12
- VINCENT JAMES CARAVELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 12
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 13
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 13
- LARRY MICHAEL GROSSCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 13
- GREGORY ALEXANDER HARPERSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- AURELIO GARZA HERRERASergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 14
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 15
- LEONARD DAVID MCGINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 17
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 3
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 3
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.