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WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1950 – May 4, 1970
Service recordWayne Louis Torsiello, of Union, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 98
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Union, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 98
- MICHAEL ANTHONY VANCOSKYLance Corporal · May 4, 1970
- LARRY LANCE WATKINSPrivate · May 4, 1970
- DOUGLAS NELSON WINFREYCaptain · May 4, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD AARONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
From Union
- CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JRCaptain · September 3, 1966
- EDWARD BRUCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES DALEYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- JEFFREY WAYNE KOONCESergeant · November 19, 1967
- FREDDIE WHITAKERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- EDWARD WESLEY PAWLOWSKILieutenant (junior grade) · March 23, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · October 9, 1969
- RONALD C WALTERSCorporal · December 16, 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.