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WAYNE JAMES FIELDING
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
September 8, 1945 – March 26, 1968
Service recordWayne James Fielding, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 26, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MED BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 32
- WILLIAM WARREN DINIROSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- MICHAEL ANDREW FAYSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- EARL WAYNE FRYEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.