In December 2012, Jack Hutchings, a prominent businessman in Florida,  had been traveling on his yacht in the Solomonian Islands. There, the villagers gave him some American WWII dog tags they had found. He brought them home in hopes of getting them returned to the veterans/families.

Upon returning home, he stumbled across a newspaper article in the Orlando-Sentinel about the dog tag return to USMC Vietnam veteran, James Alderman. This prompted him to send the POW/MIA Awareness Committee the dog tags in hopes they could locate and return them to the veterans or their families.

The first set of dog tags were identified. Unfortunately, the veteran, Gordon Spencer, passed away in 1980, as did his wife. However, one of his two sons, Stanley, was located in upstate NY.

On Friday, April 19th, 2013, the Southern Tier Chapter of the Nam Knights of America MC took a road trip to hand deliver the dog tags to Stanley.

Stanley indicated that he was very moved by the presentation and is elated to have his fathers dog tags and plans on sharing them with his brother, Steve.

Gordon Forrest Spencer
Birth:     May 13, 1919
Death:     Feb. 23, 1980 Burial: Pleasant View Cemetery, Orleans, Vermont, USA
Plot: J 016B, 5’9′

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records for GORDON F. SPENCER
Name:    Gordon F Spencer
Birth Year:    1919
Race:    White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country:    Vermont
State of Residence:    Vermont
County or City:    Orleans

Enlistment Date:    24 Feb 1941
Enlistment State:    Vermont
Enlistment City:    Orleans
Branch:    Infantry
Branch Code:    Infantry
Grade:    Private
Grade Code:    Private
Component:    National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source:    National Guard