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WAYNE LOUIS CARLSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 2, 1950 – August 26, 1969
Service recordWayne Louis Carlson, of Endicott, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 117
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Endicott, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 117
- GUY ANDRE BLANCHETTESergeant · August 26, 1969
- DON CHARLES BROWNCorporal · August 26, 1969
- GARDNER JOHN BROWNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
From Endicott
- AARON GREGORY FIDIAM JRTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- FRANK FETTUCCIAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES MACKOColonel · February 22, 1969
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1970
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.