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WAYNE ROBERT ELKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1946 – October 4, 1969
Service recordWayne Robert Elkins, of Wells, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 36
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 70 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Wells, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 70 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 36
- STEVE DWAYNE CARTERLance Corporal · October 4, 1969
- THOMAS HENRY CHURCHILLSergeant First Class · October 4, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- RONALD PETER HUFFMANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 36
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 38
From Wells
- MILES ROBERT GREGOIRESergeant · July 1, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANCIS GRAYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
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.