James Frederick Spencer

First Lieutenant
C CO, 227TH AVN BN, 11TH AVN GRP, 1 CAV DIV
Army of the United States
12 March 1947 - 02 November 1969
Oscoda, Michigan
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1 CAV DIV

227TH AHB
Army Aviator

Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for James Frederick Spencer

23 July 2005

REMEMBERED

by his family.

Placed by a cousin,
Tammy Hurlburt
tamburt14@hotmail.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Four men were killed and one injured when UH-1H tail number 68-15767 (C Co, 227th AHB) crashed during a night, bad-weather take-off from Fire Support Base Buttons. The dead were
  • WO Ralph D. Tadevic, Chicago, IL, pilot;
  • 1LT James F. Spencer, Oscoda, MI, copilot (DoI 11/02/1969);
  • SP4 George H. Ayala, Bay City, MI, gunner; and
  • CPL Terrence C. Connolly, New York, NY, observer.
The crew chief, SP4 F. W. Smith, was injured but survived.




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