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WAYNE EDWARD MEES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – March 7, 1967
Service recordWayne Edward Mees, of Dexter, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 36
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Dexter, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967; nine of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 36
- NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JRCaptain · March 7, 1967
- DWIGHT BENNIE MAYERSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 34
- STEPHEN PAUL BLANCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 34
- OSCAR EDWARD CHAMBERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 34
- DEAN FRANKLIN FOXSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 35
- DWIGHT BENNIE MAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 36
- THOMAS LASANDA SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 37
- LARRY DEAN WATTSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 37
- LOUIS FERNDEZ TORRESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 38
From Dexter
- LEO GENE MICHAELLance Corporal · November 21, 1966
- STANLEY DONALD GILBERTSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.