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WAYNE PETER EARL BREEDING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1946 – October 9, 1965
Service recordWayne Peter Earl Breeding, of Eureka, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Eureka, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 114
- CARL EDGAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES BERMINGHAMPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- DONALD FREYSpecialist Four · October 9, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CARL EDGAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 114
From Eureka
- CHARLES WENDLE GRIZZLESecond Lieutenant · November 10, 1967
- JAMES BURNEL RICE JRCorporal · February 23, 1969
- LESLIE E LIVINGSTON IIIPrivate First Class · February 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.