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NORMAN SPENCER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1942 – June 16, 1966
Service recordNorman Spencer, of Frenchburg, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Frenchburg, Kentucky (Menifee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 54
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- RUSSELL JAY SISLEYSenior Master Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JERRALD RICH THOMPSONCorporal · June 16, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 52
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.