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WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDD
Captain · U.S. Army
February 24, 1936 – December 11, 1964
Service recordWayne Huffman Kidd, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1964
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 76
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- LEONARD MASAYON TADIOSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 76
- LEONARD MASAYON TADIOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 76
From Clarksburg
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 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.