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TROY DAVID PAYNE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1947 – April 26, 1967
Service recordTroy David Payne JR, of Smyrna, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Smyrna, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 97
- PERRY LEE PEOPLESLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED PREAUXStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1967
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRANK J RIPORTELLA JRLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
From Smyrna
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE WOODPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES LARRY WESTSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM PAINTERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- FRED BUFFINGTONLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- WILBUR LAWRENCE MILAM IIIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- RONALD HERBERT HOWARDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT GLENNSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
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.