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ROBERT DALE SPENCER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1948 – August 3, 1970
Service recordRobert Dale Spencer, of Texas City, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Texas City, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 80
- JOHN BERNARD PROFFITSergeant · August 3, 1970
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- PORFIRIO ROMERO-PEREZSergeant · August 3, 1970
- FRED DELL STORYPrivate First Class · August 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EARL DAVID BROACHSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 78
- JOHN BERNARD PROFFITSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 80
From Texas City
- CHARLES EDWARD HERRINGTONSergeant · November 15, 1965
- QUINTON MORGAN BICECorporal · October 14, 1967
- RUFUS HOODPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS RAYMOND STEINBACHLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- WAIN PERRY CRAIGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · February 20, 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.