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WAYNE ALAN WILCOX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1948 – February 15, 1969
Service recordWayne Alan Wilcox, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 41
- BRIAN LEE WELLSCorporal · February 15, 1969
- FRED DARREL WHITAKERCorporal · February 15, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES WYMANPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 36
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.