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RICHARD BRUCE SPENCE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 6, 1950 – January 11, 1970
Service recordRichard Bruce Spence, of Grove City, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Grove City, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 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 14W, Line 28
- JOHN COOKE BREWTONLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD ALLEN BISCHOFFPrivate First Class · January 12, 1970
- JIMMY LEE CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1970
- JAMES GILBERT DALTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1970
From Grove City
- RALPH OLIVER MURPHY IIICorporal · May 10, 1970
- JAMES ALBERT BAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · October 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.