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JOHN FRANKLIN PAYNE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 20, 1945 – May 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Franklin Payne, of Delavan, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Yeoman (YN)
- Born
- October 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Delavan, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 42
- MAURICE EDWARD LUNDYFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1969
- DAVID ALAN PROTAINPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PETER ELMER SIPPLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
From Delavan
- WILLIAM MEARL DEANSergeant First Class · August 14, 1964
- JERRY EUGENE METCALFLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
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.