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WAYNE ELDON KAUFMAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 2, 1948 – February 14, 1970
Service recordWayne Eldon Kaufman, of Peru, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Peru, Indiana (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 10
- ARTHUR WILLIAM KINSERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- HERMES PHILIPPE LUC LASWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 1970
- BERNARD EDWIN MEISTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 14, 1970
- ROBERT CLIFFORD MILLENDERSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
From Peru
- MICHAEL J MILLERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ALLEN GRIMESStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALAN MARKSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MILLERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- LINDEN DALE EILER JRCorporal · April 25, 1968
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · April 28, 1968
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · October 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GRANT OCONNELLSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1969
- LEWIS ALAN WALTONWarrant Officer 1 · December 9, 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.