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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Wayne Moneymaker.

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WAYNE MONEYMAKER

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

June 13, 1931 – March 25, 1969

Service record

Wayne Moneymaker, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 25, 1969, in Thailand, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28W · Line 57

Position of Panel 28W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 13, 1931
Home of record
Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 25, 1969
Age
37
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

Also on Panel 28W, Line 57

From Knoxville

All 76 names from Knoxville →

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.