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KENNETH JAMES SPENCER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1946 – October 31, 1972
Service recordKenneth James Spencer, of Rochester, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1972; 15 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 87
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES A MCSWINEY JRStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1972
- JAMES MITCHELL STEVERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WILLIAM FINNEGANMajor · Panel 1W, Line 86
- CHARLES A MCSWINEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 87
From Rochester
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · August 15, 1966
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- STERLING HAROLD HILLStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · June 17, 1969
- DENNIS LEE GAUTHIERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1969
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · May 10, 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.