The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Donald F. Spicer
Rank
Private, U.S. Army
Date of Death
September 2, 1953
Private Spicer was a trainee with Company A, 981st Training Battalion, 406th Engineer Training Brigade at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. On September 2, 1953, he and 39 other trainees were given a demonstration ride aboard an engineer pontoon raft on Lake Smith, Fort Bragg when the raft capsized. He and 19 other trainees drowned.