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WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – September 17, 1968
Service recordWayne Eugene Monismith, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 18
- GARY HILLStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- GREGORY STAN MUNDELLPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- FREDRICK ELLIS NIGHSergeant · September 17, 1968
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- ERIK NILES RUDZIAKFireman · January 16, 1969
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.