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VENUS DEWHIT PAYTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1943 – October 9, 1968
Service recordVenus Dewhit Payton JR, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Operational Communicator (2500)
- Born
- November 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 36
- GEORGE MILTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- ULDIS JACK MALMANISCorporal · October 9, 1968
- FRANCISCO HERRERA OLEACorporal · October 9, 1968
- MORRIS JEROME ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · October 9, 1968
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.