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AUTHRAN WAYNE WINFREY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordAuthran Wayne Winfrey, of Fall Creek, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 24
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Fall Creek, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 24
- ROBERT LEE WORDENSpecialist Five · May 15, 1969
- DAN YAZZIESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
- LEONARD ASHWORTH COLESSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
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.