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WAYNE PAUL PUMA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordWayne Paul Puma, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 30
- PHILIP HENRY RADECKIAirman First Class · May 7, 1968
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- DUANE FRANCIS REDTKEPetty Officer Third Class · May 7, 1968
- EDDIE BERNARD SANDSMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AMBROSE WILKIE J CLAY JRSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 21
- WAYNE CLIFTON CYRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 22
- ROGER ALLEN FESSENDENCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 22
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 24
- GEORGE THOMAS LLOY WALKERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.