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WAYNE ADELBERT MCCOLLUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1946 – November 7, 1966
Service recordWayne Adelbert McCollum, of Mahnomen, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 334 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Mahnomen, Minnesota (Mahnomen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 38
- JOSEPH RICHARD BACHUSPetty Officer Second Class · November 7, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MEDLINLance Corporal · November 7, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
From Mahnomen
- LAWRENCE MARVIN SVOBODNYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- TERENCE MICHAEL KJOSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1970
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.