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WAYNE THAD STRICKLAND
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1943 – September 24, 1966
Service recordWayne Thad Strickland, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 11
- CLYDE MINIXSergeant · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JUNIOR LEE WHITTLESpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- DON CURTIS BENFIELDPrivate · April 8, 1967
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.