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LOUIS PAYNE SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1926 – January 9, 1971
Service recordLouis Payne SR, of Mount Rainier, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 20, 1926
- Home of record
- Mount Rainier, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1971
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 35
- DENNIS RAY WATTERSONStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
- BENNIE FRANK JONESPrivate First Class · January 9, 1971
- DAVID WILLIAM LILLEYSergeant · January 9, 1971
- CLINTON CURTIS ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 9, 1971
From Mount Rainier
- JOHN WILLIAM AVELLEYRAPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOAQUIN CASTROSergeant First Class · February 18, 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.