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LEROY SPENCER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – November 19, 1968
Service recordLeroy Spencer JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 13
- JOHN NORMAN REILLY JRCaptain · November 19, 1968
- TED LEROY SHARPSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARMSTEAD JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH J HERNANDEZ JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 11
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 12
- WILLIE DEE MCVEAPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 12
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.