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WAYNE JUDE SPELLMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1944 – April 12, 1966
Service recordWayne Jude Spellman, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 14, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 107
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- RONNIE RAY LOVETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1966
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- JAMES ROMAN TOMAKOSKIPrivate First Class · April 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LAVALL DURRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 106
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 108
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.