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WAYNE CARLTON KURLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordWayne Carlton Kurlin, of Orange Park, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Orange Park, Florida (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 20
- EDWARD CHESTER KRAWCZYKCaptain · May 5, 1968
- GENE ARTHUR KUNSTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- STEPHEN M LASHINSKY JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- ROY LEO LEDESergeant · May 5, 1968
From Orange Park
- DOUGLAS ALAN LENTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- MICHAEL BENJAMIN KOPETSKICorporal · June 20, 1968
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.