Donald Faye Spicer
Staff Sergeant
D CO, 2ND BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Candor, New York
February 14, 1935 to June 28, 1967
DONALD F SPICER is on the Wall at Panel 22E, Line 81

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23 Mar 2002

REMEMBERED

by a friend,
Shirley Sullivan Nagy
gandsnagy@charter.net

 
06 Aug 2006

S/Sgt Spicer was the 1st Platoon Sergeant of Company A-9-2, Fort Jackson, S.C., while I was in basic training (28 March 1966-27 May 1966. I was in the 2nd Platoon but I came to know him as he taught the entire company numerous military classes. He was a great guy. At the closing of one of his classes, he said these words: "Before long, many of us will go to Vietnam - some of us won't return". The way he said it, the tone in his voice - I think he had a gut feeling that he wasn't going to return. After Basic, I kept in touch with some of the personnel from Co A-9-2. One of them told me about S/Sgt Spicer. It has been 40 years since Basic - I still remember S/Sgt Spicer and many of the great personnel who trained us.

I located one of my sergeants - a Sergeant Wiltherspoon. He now lives in Macon, Georgia. I plan to travel to Macon to see him - and thank him. Thank him for being an inspiration.

From one of his trainees,
Steve Gilbert
1901 Crestwood Drive, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37415
stevegilbert@aol.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 28 June 1967 the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, lost seven men at Dam Tra-O in what came to be known as the battle of An Quang:
  • B Company:
    • SGT Arnel J. Davis, Owosso, MI

  • D Company:
    • SSG Donald F. Spicer, Candor, NY
    • SP4 Robert D. Snyder, Canton, OH
    • PFC Duane E. Cavarzan, Weed, CA
    • PFC David A. Moore, New Baltimore, MI
    • PFC Jose H. Ortiz, Lorain, OH

  • HQ Company:
    • SP4 Joseph D. Nichols, Gary, IN

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