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KENNETH DARRELL SPENCER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – May 21, 1969
Service recordKenneth Darrell Spencer, of Fosters Falls, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 72
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Fosters Falls, Virginia (Wythe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 72
- SAMUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- LAWRENCE MILTON STUCKWarrant Officer 1 · May 21, 1969
- DOUGLAS GAYLORD SWANSTROMStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD TAMERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD LOGUE JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 67
- TIMOTHY RICHARD PTACEKCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 70
- JAMES SAM SCARMEAS JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 71
- CLARENCE SIZEMORESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 71
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.