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WAYNE MCKENNELY TRAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1946 – May 11, 1966
Service recordWayne McKennely Traylor, of Heflin, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Heflin, Alabama (Cleburne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 50
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MARK LAMONT ROSENSTOCKLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- BERNARD ALBERT TESKE IIILance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 48
- WILLIAM FREDRICK OTTOSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 49
From Heflin
- BILLY JOE MORRISONSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- CLIFFORD LEON ERVINCorporal · July 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HOYT SMITHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- FRED EDWARD TRAYLORCorporal · June 17, 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.