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DONALD MICHAEL WAYMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1949 – June 12, 1969
Service recordDonald Michael Wayman, of Danbury, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Danbury, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 37
- JOSEPH BENSON WALKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- GREGORY IRA WERTSLance Corporal · June 12, 1969
- THOMAS MILTON AARON JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- FEDERICO ALANIZ JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEONARD BARTLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 30
- TERRY RANDALL JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 33
- RICHARD BLAINE PROVEAUXPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 36
From Danbury
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- JOHN KEARNAN CLARKELance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GUY VISCONTIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 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.