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SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – February 15, 1968
Service recordSpencer Scott Freestone, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 47
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 47
- LESTER FREEMANPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH LIGE FULTONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS GAYNORSergeant Major · February 15, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 47
- RAMON SAUL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 53
From Holland
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- REYNALDO ARENASSpecialist Four · December 31, 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.