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EARL WAYNE LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – August 15, 1967
Service recordEarl Wayne Long, of Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 114
- ROBERT ALLEN KOLASLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- RONALD HARRY LOFTONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH MCCORMACKStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1967
- JAMES ELDRIE MILLIGANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EMANUEL BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 111
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.