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WILLIAM EDWARD SPENCER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1943 – December 29, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Spencer, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 108
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 108
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY LUCIANILance Corporal · December 29, 1969
- GEORGE PARNELL REEDCorporal · December 29, 1969
- EDDIE SAILORSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE ALLENSergeant First Class · December 30, 1969
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
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.