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JOSEPH C SPENCE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – December 24, 1970
Service recordJoseph C Spence JR, of Franklin, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 7
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Virginia (Franklin (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 7
- HENRY EDWARD SANTEESpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES TECCOLance Corporal · December 24, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BRUBAKERPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EUGENE DICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 4
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 7
From Franklin
- ROLAND A CUTCHINSSergeant · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDDY TURNERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- MILLS BEALE IIISergeant First Class · May 11, 1969
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.