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ANDREW JAMES PAYNE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1948 – April 19, 1968
Service recordAndrew James Payne JR, of Glendale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 52
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 52
- MARCELO ORTIZ JRCorporal · April 19, 1968
- DENNIS EARL PAINTERFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- JAMES LLOYD PARSONSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD STEVE PENNAMONSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.