Daniel Eugene Spencer, Jr

Daniel Eugene Spencer, Jr

June 24, 1944 - November 12, 1968

OREGON

CPL CCN 5 SP FORCES GP

VIETNAM

BSM & OLC - PH & 3 OLC*

Mausoleum

*Corporal   Command & Control North   5th Special Forces Group
Vietnam
Bronze Star Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart and Three Oak Leaf Clusters

From the Vietnam Wall Memorial:

DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JR

CPL - E4 - Army - Regular Special Forces Length of service 4 years His tour began on Oct 29, 1968 Casualty was on Nov 12, 1968 In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM Non-Hostile, died missing, GROUND CASUALTY DROWNED, SUFFOCATED Body was recovered Panel 39W - Line 57

His guest book entries - http://thewall-usa.com/guest.asp?recid=49127

Memorial Page from 173rd Airborne - http://www.alch372.com/503/danespencer.htm

Rubbing from The Wall -  http://www.vietnamwall.org/rubbing.php?id=41532

The Agony of War", mistakenly called “Death Watch” by many. 


On August 14, 1966, PFC Daryl R. Corfman, Sycamore, OH, A Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate), was killed by mortar fire during Operation Aurora Two. His squad leader, Sgt. Dan E. Spencer, Jr., Bend, OR, stares down at his fallen comrade. Sgt Spencer was later killed in action with the 1st Special Forces in 11/12/68. SP4 Ruediger Richter, Columbus, GA, (a former French Foreign Legionnaire) watches the sky for the MEDEVAC chopper, his battle- weary eyes to the heavens as to ask why?
Photo by then PFC Paul Epley in Long Khanh Province, Vietnam