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WAYNE JOSEPH BEDWELL
Private · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – May 6, 1968
Service recordWayne Joseph Bedwell, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 1
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 1
- DAVID LEE BETEBENNERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · May 6, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ALLISON ALLSOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- CLETUH HOLLOMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 8
- JIMMIE ALVIN FANCHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 13
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.