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WAYNE LAWRENCE ADKINS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 13, 1945 – October 19, 1969
Service recordWayne Lawrence Adkins, of Hampton, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 19, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 89
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
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Hampton, Georgia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 89
- STEPHEN LAMONT SHARPCorporal · October 18, 1969
- VALENTINE BERRONES SUAREZGunnery Sergeant · October 18, 1969
- JOHN HENRY TAYLORCorporal · October 18, 1969
- DAVID PAUL BABEYSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
From Hampton
- JOE THOMAS CONKLEFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1969
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.