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WAYLAND JESS BATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 7, 1945 – April 23, 1967
Service recordWayland Jess Batson, of Hampstead, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 18E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Born
- April 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Hampstead, North Carolina (Pender County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 74
- RAYMOND EDDIE BENSONFirst Sergeant · April 23, 1967
- HOWARD BULLARDPetty Officer Second Class · April 23, 1967
- STEPHEN LYNN COLOPYSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DALYCorporal · April 23, 1967
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.