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JERRY LOUIS SPICER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1930 – February 3, 1967
Service recordJerry Louis Spicer, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 114
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 114
- WENDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- JACKSON THOMASPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- ROGER BLAKE TJERNBERGCorporal · February 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 110
- RAYMOND FRANK DEMORYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 111
- STEPHEN CARROLL SANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 113
- PAUL THEODORE SHORT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 113
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 114
- JACKSON THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 114
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WALTERSSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
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.