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WAYDE MURRAY HUSO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – August 13, 1969
Service recordWayde Murray Huso, of Big Lake, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Big Lake, Minnesota (Sherburne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 31
- RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTALLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES HOLLOWAYPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- CARL FRED KROHLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
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.