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JOHN ANDREW SPENCE III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – October 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Andrew Spence III, of Modena, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 130
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Modena, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 130
- THEODORE TEXAS ROWLEYStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1970
- GARRY LYNN WEAVERSergeant · October 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · October 12, 1970
- EUGENE ONEIL BROWNPrivate First Class · October 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CASEY CLAYTON PERRYPrivate · Panel 7W, Line 129
From Modena
- JAMES JIM PETREYPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.