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REX WAYNE DOYLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1948 – May 17, 1968
Service recordRex Wayne Doyle, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 62E, Line 3
- HARRY HENRY DESORMEAUXSergeant · May 17, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH DICAPRIOCorporal · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE EVERTSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.