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CHARLES M WAYT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1947 – February 15, 1967
Service recordCharles M Wayt, of Cambridge, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Ohio (Guernsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 37
- ROBERT COLE STEWARTCaptain · February 15, 1967
- THOMAS TAMILIOLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE FORTENBERRYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERVYN MAURICE CARSONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 31
- DAVIE JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 32
From Cambridge
- JOSEPH LEON KANEMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1966
- CARL ROSS HARBIN JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- EMORY DAVID VOORHIESCorporal · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR AUSMUSGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1968
- GARRY LYNN UPLINGERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LEASUREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
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.