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WAVEL WAYNE POWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – May 2, 1969
Service recordWavel Wayne Powell, of Kopperston, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Kopperston, West Virginia (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 102
- GLENN RODNEY MEARNSCorporal · May 2, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- TIMOTHY HOWARD PYLELance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN RYANSergeant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CLAUS POWERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 100
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.