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ROGER JAMES SPENCE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1945 – March 7, 1969
Service recordRoger James Spence, of Roselle Park, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 70
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
- April 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Roselle Park, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 70
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- BILLY DEAN THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 63
- ORANGE GOODINGSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 64
- LINNELL BUTLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 65
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN ASDRUBAL RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 69
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
From Roselle Park
- ROBERT MATTHEW WORSHINSKISergeant · August 22, 1968
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.