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MICHAEL KARL WAYMIRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1949 – July 5, 1970
Service recordMichael Karl Waymire, of Macy, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 123
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Macy, Indiana (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 123
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 5, 1970
- FOREST MICHAEL STONESpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- CHARLIE CORBETT BENTONPrivate · July 6, 1970
- HOWARD TYRONE BLEDSOECorporal · July 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE ARCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 121
- FOREST MICHAEL STONESpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 123
From Macy
- MARVIN ISAAC SIDERSMajor · November 6, 1968
- AUDLEY DUANE MILLSSergeant First Class · October 11, 1971
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.