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MONTE LYNN PAYNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 10, 1948 – October 21, 1969
Service recordMonte Lynn Payne, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 103
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 103
- MARTIN YALE NAMERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1969
- DALE FRANK OLMSTEADSergeant · October 21, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
- GLENN MICHAEL SCHROEDERCorporal · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE FRANK OLMSTEADSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 103
From Maryville
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 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.