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WAYNE THOMAS LONG
Private · U.S. Army
December 10, 1947 – December 27, 1965
Service recordWayne Thomas Long, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 42
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 42
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD KIERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- PAUL CLIVE O TAYLORPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- DONALD ANCKER SHERRODSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
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.