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JAMES CLARK WAYNE
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 15, 1923 – October 28, 1971
Service recordJames Clark Wayne, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 28, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 53
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 15, 1923
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1971
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 53
- SAMUEL ALLEN AMEYSpecialist Four · October 28, 1971
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- DAVID LEON JACKSONCorporal · October 28, 1971
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · October 28, 1971
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 1968
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.