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WAYNE H KELMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – January 4, 1968
Service recordWayne H Kelman, of Richfield, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Richfield, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 38
- LOWELL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM LARCHERPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 36
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 37
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 38
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 39
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 41
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 43
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 44
From Richfield
- JOHN STEPHEN MICHELPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- WALTER STONEMAN BROWNLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE HULWI JRSergeant · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUSKEY SRSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- ROGER JAMES MCINERNY JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
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.