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WAYNE EDWARD SEXTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1946 – April 27, 1968
Service recordWayne Edward Sexton, of Waynesville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Waynesville, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52E, Line 32
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORASergeant · April 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- ROGER DAVID ZEIGLERCorporal · April 27, 1968
- RICHARD STEVEN BANKSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
From Waynesville
- FLOYD MILTON FRAZIERTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1962
- DAVID CHAPPELL BROWNFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- FREDRICK MERVYN HALLCaptain · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · June 12, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- CARL BRUCE RAYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.