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HOWARD DAVID PAYNE III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1946 – April 27, 1971
Service recordHoward David Payne III, of Doraville, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 15
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Doraville, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 15
- LARRY LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1971
- WILLIAM DENNIS STONERPrivate First Class · April 27, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD WESTONPrivate · April 27, 1971
- JUAN SANTOS BORJAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TONY RAY BINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 14
- RICHARD ALLEN LIKELYCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 14
- LARRY LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 15
- JAMES EDWARD WESTONPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 15
From Doraville
- DAVID EUGENE BENSONCaptain · September 18, 1965
- GEORGE MAGEE LAMBERTON IIPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- CAREY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
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.