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WARREN RICHARD SPENCER
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 6, 1943 – December 20, 1972
Service recordWarren Richard Spencer, of La Crescenta, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 20, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 97
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 6, 1943
- Home of record
- La Crescenta, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 20, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 97
- IRWIN STUART LERNERMajor · December 20, 1972
- CRAIG ALLAN PAULCaptain · December 20, 1972
- RANDOLPH ALLEN PERRY JRLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1972
- JOHN FRANKLIN STUARTLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1972
- JOEL RAY BIRCHCaptain · December 21, 1972
From La Crescenta
- MICHAEL ANTHONY NAJARIANHospitalman · June 18, 1966
- PATRICK OWEN QUINNLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- GREGORY PAUL KELLYLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CALLEN JAMES COURTEMANCHECorporal · January 31, 1968
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · March 21, 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.