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WAYNE ALLEN WHARTON
Major · U.S. Army
December 15, 1937 – February 20, 1969
Service recordWayne Allen Wharton, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Defense Missile Unit Commander (1180)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 68
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- HERBERT HOLLINGE STAUFFERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- HAROLD SULLIVANSergeant · February 20, 1969
- ALFREDO JULIAN VILLANUEVASergeant · February 20, 1969
From Parkersburg
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDSSergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 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.