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WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHAND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1932 – April 8, 1962
Service recordWayne Ellsworth Marchand, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1962
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1962. In April 1962, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 8
- IVAN PRESTON WHITLOCKTechnical Sergeant · April 2, 1962
- MILTON DONALD BRITTONMajor · April 6, 1962
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 1E, Line 8
From Omaha
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- KARL DAVID SOBOLIKCaptain · November 26, 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.