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PHILIP GLENN SPENCER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – July 10, 1968
Service recordPhilip Glenn Spencer, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 2 BN 94 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 11
- DENNIS WAYNE ALLENSeaman · July 10, 1968
- JAMES T MCCONNELL IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS SCALESPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT STOCKDALESpecialist Five · July 10, 1968
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
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.