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WAYNE ALAN WATTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1940 – September 10, 1967
Service recordWayne Alan Watts, of Machias, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 53
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- October 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Machias, Maine (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 53
- CHARLES WALJESKILance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- RICHARD ALFRED WARDROBEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- HENRY MARVIN WHARTON JRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- DONALD MERLE WHITE JRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
From Machias
- RICHARD RALPH GRINNELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 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.