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WAYNE LEROY YINGER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 3, 1950 – May 27, 1970
Service recordWayne Leroy Yinger JR, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 111
- ANDREW PAUL SUSISpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WHITE JRCaptain · May 27, 1970
- JOHN ROYLE ANDERSSergeant · May 28, 1970
- ALAN BEDROCKCorporal · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALLEN BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 107
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRARYPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 108
- MICHAEL ROBERT MAIDENSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 109
From Mechanicsburg
- WILLIAM ALLEN GLEIXNERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- THOMAS THOMAS SPRINKLESpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- PAUL EARL FOUGHT JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- JERRY RAY LANGLEYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN MEYER JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS JRCaptain · October 9, 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.