Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: Medic attached to G Troop, 2/11 ACR
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 18-Oct-1950
Hometown: Alton, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 28-Jan-1970
Start of tour: 11-Jul-1970
Incident date: 24-Apr-1971
Date of casualty: 24-Apr-1971
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Stephen Alan Spencer was killed while helping another individual into a military vehicle when the area came under attack by a hostile force.
Four Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Bennie Ray Hively
SP4 Stephen Alan Spencer
SGT Bruce Donald Stephenson
SP4 Hilbert Walter Teeter
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, Illinois, USA
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