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TERRY JOHN PAYNE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – August 5, 1970
Service recordTerry John Payne, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 85
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 85
- WILLIAM ANDERSON CRAIGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MONTE WAYNE FORRESTCorporal · August 5, 1970
- STEVEN THOMAS GRIGGSPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MARK STEVEN HAILEYSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- RONALD WARD HERDSergeant · August 5, 1970
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.