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WAYNE HERSCHEL EMERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – June 29, 1969
Service recordWayne Herschel Emerson, of Santa Susana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Susana, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 32
- DONALD PAUL DAVIESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1969
- RICHARD ERNEST DOPPSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- JOHN CARL GUENTHER JRSergeant · June 29, 1969
- GREGG CLIFTON HINDERKSPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 31
- COURTNEY JAMES COSGROVESpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 31
- RONALD RICHARD DEWYEASpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 31
- DONALD PAUL DAVIESSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 32
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 33
- HERBERT JAMES LOTTESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 33
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 34
From Santa Susana
- CONRAD WILLIAM SHAINAPrivate · July 6, 1966
- GREGORY ALLEN ERVINLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE NELSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL SHERIDAN GARRETTPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.