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WAYMAN E PASKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – February 14, 1968
Service recordWayman E Paskins, of Greenwood, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenwood, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 37
- ROBERT JOSEPH PASTORESpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- ALBERT EARL PATRICKPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- CHARLES OTIS PENNEYSergeant · February 14, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
From Greenwood
- NICHOLAS PETER LESANDO JRCorporal · September 26, 1968
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.