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WAYNE ARTAMUS TICE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – November 19, 1968
Service recordWayne Artamus Tice, of Gallup, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Gallup, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 13
- JOHN NORMAN REILLY JRCaptain · November 19, 1968
- TED LEROY SHARPSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- LEROY SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARMSTEAD JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN FIELDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 38W, Line 10
- TED LEROY SHARPSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 13
From Gallup
- JOSEPH DANIEL HURTASergeant · March 22, 1967
- STAN LEROY CORFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · June 5, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- PATRICK SKEETSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
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.