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KENNETH CLINTON SPENCER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – September 23, 1968
Service recordKenneth Clinton Spencer, of New Cumberland, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New Cumberland, West Virginia (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 2
- BOBBY LEE SPENCERAirman · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WHITEPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · Panel 43W, Line 69
From New Cumberland
- GEORGE W LOCKE JRSecond Lieutenant · October 13, 1967
- HUGHIE FRANKLIN SNIDERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1970
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.