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WAYNE G VANLANT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – July 31, 1967
Service recordWayne G Vanlant, of Artesia, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 57
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Artesia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 57
- DAVID L SCRUGGSStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- GLEN EMERY SHROPSHIREWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- BOBBY DALE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WAYNE BRYA ALLWOODSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 53
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 54
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 55
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 56
- ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 57
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 58
From Artesia
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- DAN DAILY MCCONNAUGHHAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- DANIEL LEE POWELLCorporal · May 26, 1968
- GEORGE VANDER DUSSENCorporal · July 10, 1968
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.