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DWAYNE JEFFERSON WHORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1948 – November 28, 1968
Service recordDwayne Jefferson Whorton, of Mckinleyville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Mckinleyville, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 3
- PAUL PRICE POTTERSergeant · November 28, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS TURNERLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
- SAMMIE LEE WATSON JRPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- HAROLD LAWTON BASHAMCorporal · November 29, 1968
From Mckinleyville
- BOBBY ALLEN SEMORESpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- HAROLD BRADLEY MULLERSergeant · March 13, 1968
- JAMES CRAIG WARDStaff Sergeant · March 13, 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.