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WAYNE RICHARD BEBO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordWayne Richard Bebo, of Menominee, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 121
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Menominee, Michigan (Menominee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 121
- ROBERT FRANCIS BERGERCorporal · May 7, 1970
- JOHN ALAN CAPASSOSergeant · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT LAURENCE COLEMANSpecialist Five · May 7, 1970
- JAMES MILES COMBSCorporal · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH BARBERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 120
- EUGENIO BARBOSA-OYOLASpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 120
- TERRY DON BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 120
- ARTHUR NELSON KANGASSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 124
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
From Menominee
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- WAYNE DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSONSergeant · April 15, 1970
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · May 21, 1970
- WILLIAM BENEDICT NOLDEColonel · January 27, 1973
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.