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WAYNE ALBERT COLANTUONO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – October 20, 1967
Service recordWayne Albert Colantuono, of Gloucester City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 42
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
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Gloucester City, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 42
- HERBERT LEON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
- GORDON WALDEMAR WILLPrivate First Class · October 19, 1967
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD CLARK JRSergeant · October 20, 1967
From Gloucester City
- PAUL JAMES FLAHERTYPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- MICHAEL ARTHUR WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH BATESCorporal · July 31, 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.