David Spencer Bill III (born August 27, 1944)[1] is a retired rear admiral (upper half) in the United States Navy.

He was then assigned to United States Naval Forces Europe before being named Executive Officer of the USS Coontz (DDG-40).

Several days before the start of the ground war, Wisconsin's bombardment of an Iraqi headquarters site on the Persian Gulf coast precipitated the Iraqi premature destruction of numerous oil wells in Kuwait as a defensive measure against the anticipated ground attack by coalition forces.

Retiring after over 32 years of active duty in 1998,[5] Admiral Bill was executive director of a Development Company that created Cherokee Plantation in South Carolina and the Carnegie Abbey Club in Newport, RI.

He held a chair at the Naval Postgraduate School, was executive director of the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation, was CEO of a start up technology company, CEO of the Northern California Golf Association and currently sits on several privately held company boards.