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WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1932 – May 15, 1965
Service recordWayne Gilmore Schwartz, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- June 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 115
- ROBERT GRESKOWIAKCaptain · May 15, 1965
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JOSE RUBEN ARAGONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
From Wilkes-Barre
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- WAYNE BENJAMIN WOLFKEILColonel · August 9, 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.