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EUGENE JEROME PAYNE III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1945 – March 28, 1967
Service recordEugene Jerome Payne III, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 63
- GLENN MURRAY MCCARTYSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- JACK COLEMAN OWENSMajor · March 28, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.