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WAYNE EUGENE DAWSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1943 – December 19, 1966
Service recordWayne Eugene Dawson, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 61
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 61
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- RAYMOND NEIL HERRINGTONLance Corporal · December 19, 1966
- MACK ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 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.