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WAYNE ROGER HOYLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1946 – January 31, 1969
Service recordWayne Roger Hoyle, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 26
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- DONALD GEORGE HEIDERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- EDWARD ALAN LAMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
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.