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WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – March 31, 1969
Service recordWayne Howard Russell, of Rutherford, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 98
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Rutherford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 98
- DAREN LEE DRINSKISpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- CLEMENT ARTHUR DUPUISLance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- EDGAR ALLEN FLOWERSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- RAMIRO MEDINA GONZALEZSergeant · March 31, 1969
From Rutherford
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT CAROVILLANOSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
- LANNY WILLIAM PHIPPSLance Corporal · December 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH KEINPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
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.