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WAYNE SHELTON PROCTOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1946 – June 4, 1968
Service recordWayne Shelton Proctor, of Saluda, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Saluda, South Carolina (Saluda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 12
- RICHARD ALFRED ROESLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 4, 1968
- ALDO EUGENE RYDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS SODERSTROMHospitalman · June 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DEWEY WILCOXCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 13
From Saluda
- CHESTER DAVIS TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · December 1, 1963
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.