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WAYNE ALLEN PAINTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordWayne Allen Painter, of Ft Recovery, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Recovery, Ohio (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 13
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN DANNY PETE JRSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- ANTHONY GEORGE PRIORCaptain · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLLIN RANDOLPH AUSTINCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 3
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 8
- CHARLES DUAINE SCHOEPFLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 64W, Line 1
- GEORGE ROBERT SMILEYCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 2
From Ft Recovery
- SAMMY A BARGASergeant · May 17, 1966
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.