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ELDON RAY PAYNE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 7, 1939 – February 14, 1970
Service recordEldon Ray Payne, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 9
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 9
- JAMES DAVID HAGELSTEINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- DELMAR JOYCE HERRIN JRLance Corporal · February 14, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN HUGHEYSpecialist Five · February 14, 1970
- SAMUEL JOSEPH JORGENSENSpecialist Five · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 7
- MICHAEL ALLEN HUGHEYSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 9
- THOMAS ANDREW GUENTHERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 11
- LOUIS WILLIAM MCLIN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 11
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.