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JAMES TERRY PAYNE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1948 – May 16, 1968
Service recordJames Terry Payne, of Columbia, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, North Carolina (Tyrrell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 61E, Line 16
- JOHN MAC PAMPLINCorporal · May 16, 1968
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE PATELance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- JEROME JOHN PEDICONEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- EARNEST PERRYPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Columbia
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- GLYNN THOMAS CAHOONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
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.