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WAYNE DONALD PEAGLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – March 16, 1970
Service recordWayne Donald Peagler, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 8
- AVERY MERRILL NYE IIICorporal · March 16, 1970
- JOSEPH ELISIO ORLANDI JRCorporal · March 16, 1970
- ROBIN ANDREW PEARCELieutenant · March 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD PRESSLERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BURKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 3
- DAVID WALDENSergeant First Class · Panel 12W, Line 11
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.