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WAYNE KEVIN LAINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordWayne Kevin Laine, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 1
- HARRY JOHN KENNEYPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ELMER MARVIN KIVELPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- JERRY SMITH LEONARDPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDACorporal · Panel 40W, Line 70
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THOMAS WYLIE BAYONETSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THURL GUY CARTER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 71
- JAMES MICHAEL CIUPINSKISergeant · Panel 40W, Line 72
- CHARLES GREY COSTINSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 73
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 73
- JAMES EDDIE GRAVESSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 75
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 1
- WENDELL D MCBURROWSSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 2
- MARVIN NORBERT PROPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 3
- LESTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 6
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
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.