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PAUL MATTHEW SPENCER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1947 – April 18, 1968
Service recordPaul Matthew Spencer, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Southern Pines, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 42
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 1968
- JAN ALAN ULMERFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT KITTRIDGE VARICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
From Southern Pines
- CLINNIS HARRELL JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD ROSSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- GARY NELSON FRYESergeant · May 19, 1968
- DONALD THOMAS LUTZSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- PETER PAUL BLASKO JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 8, 1968
- JOEL STEVENS IVEY JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.