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DURWOOD WAYNE VERRETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1943 – May 9, 1968
Service recordDurwood Wayne Verrett, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 1
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 1
- JIM SILAS TRAWSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- EDWARD TYLERPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- CLIFFORD D VANARTSDALENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD D VANARTSDALENSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 1
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
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.