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WAYNE ALAN BARNUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 7, 1948 – December 8, 1968
Service recordWayne Alan Barnum, of Ronan, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 61
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 500 ENG CO 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BN
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Ronan, Montana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 61
- HARRY E BATESSpecialist Five · December 8, 1968
- MARTEE BRADLEY JRSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- JAMES EUGENE BREWERStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1968
- CHARLES WARREN E CALDWELLPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
From Ronan
- JACK MARVIN BAKERSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.