Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: 919th Engineer Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 12B – Combat Engineer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 23-May-1949
Hometown: Swords Creek, Virginia
Marital status: Married to Brenda S. Spencer
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 8-Mar-1969
Start of tour: 6-Sep-1969
Incident date: 21-Jun-1970
Date of casualty: 21-Jun-1970
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Buford Ronald Spencer was killed while a passenger on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Passenger on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Cambodia, XU 475 157
Place of interment: Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Virginia, USA
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