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WAYNE ANTHONY WHITELEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1948 – January 6, 1968
Service recordWayne Anthony Whiteley, of Wappingers Falls, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Wappingers Falls, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 61
- JAMES PAUL TURNERSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN WALLPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- TERRY CLINTON WALLEYSergeant · January 6, 1968
From Wappingers Falls
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CRUSIE JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MCDONALDMajor · May 3, 1972
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.