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SPENCER SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1948 – February 15, 1970
Service recordSpencer Smith, of Charleston, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, Mississippi (Tallahatchie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 16
- CONNIE WAYNE PARRISHSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- ROMAN DURAN RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- THEODORE FRANCIS SASFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1970
- RICHARD JARRETT SEXTON IICaptain · February 15, 1970
From Charleston
- HORRIS GENE ROBINSONChief Petty Officer · February 23, 1968
- WILBERT RAY DRANEPrivate First Class · July 12, 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.