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WALTER FRANKLIN PAYNE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1931 – October 5, 1966
Service recordWalter Franklin Payne, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 9, 1931
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 50
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- RODNEY GARDNER THORNTONSergeant · October 5, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.