Danny Ray Spencer
Specialist Four
118TH AHC, 145TH AVN BN, 12TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Independence, Missouri
January 17, 1949 to October 09, 1969
DANNY R SPENCER is on the Wall at Panel W17, Line 59

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25 Dec 2003

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A Note from The Virtual Wall

Four men of the 118th Assault Helicopter Company died in the crash of UH-1C tail number 66-00530:
  • CW2 Owen Tetsumi Hirano, pilot
  • 1LT Robert Scott Mason, Jr, copilot
  • SP5 Greg Bradford Scott, crew chief
  • SP4 Danny Ray Spencer, gunner
Hirano was flying as number two in a gunship flight providing support to heavily engaged ground troops. As night fell, the weather worstened, and fuel levels dropped, the two UH-1Cs turned for home. While en route, with Hirano at about 600 feet altitude, the flight encountered very heavy rain and went into instrument conditions. Hirano called a right 180 degree turn to exit the rain cell but apparently inadvertently entered a descending rather than level turn. The UH-1C impacted the ground at a fairly high speed and in a 70 to 80 degree dive.

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