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WAYNE GREGORY SCRIMSHAW
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1946 – June 13, 1969
Service recordWayne Gregory Scrimshaw, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 44
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 1969
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · June 13, 1969
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · June 13, 1969
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.