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CURTIS WAYNE PAINTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1946 – October 27, 1967
Service recordCurtis Wayne Painter, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 85
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
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 85
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · October 27, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS NELSONPetty Officer Second Class · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- MERRICK ROBERT PIERCELance Corporal · October 27, 1967
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.