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WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEAD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1944 – June 20, 1967
Service recordWayne Edwin Halstead, of Burbank, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 24
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- July 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 24
- BEN COYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES LIGON CRONKRITEMajor · June 20, 1967
- LESLIE EUGENE ENGELHARTLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FIELDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.