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WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1949 – October 13, 1968
Service recordWayne Clarence Elledge, of Kingsville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Kingsville, Texas (Kleberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 58
- GERALD LEONARD EGYEDSergeant · October 13, 1968
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JERRY LEE HALPENNYCorporal · October 13, 1968
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · October 13, 1968
- JOSEPH LEWIS POWELL JRCaptain · October 17, 1968
From Kingsville
- HENRY C LEEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- JESUS RAMON PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · August 10, 1968
- HARRY W WICKERSHAM JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1968
- DANIEL TELLEZPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- ALBERTO GUTIERREZ CORTEZPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- RAMON MOYA JRSergeant · May 12, 1970
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.