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BOBBY RAY WAYMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1944 – February 14, 1966
Service recordBobby Ray Wayman, of Huntingburg, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 37
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Huntingburg, Indiana (Dubois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 37
- TERRY JOE REEDPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- WATSON WILLISSergeant First Class · February 14, 1966
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN JAMES AVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 31
- HERBERT GARY GOGGANCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 33
From Huntingburg
- LARRY LEE RAUSCHERPrivate First Class · March 10, 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.