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WAYNE THOMAS MCGUIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1949 – October 3, 1968
Service recordWayne Thomas McGuire, of Peterson, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Peterson, Iowa (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 71
- MICHAEL LESTER MCCAFFERTYSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- CALVIN EUGENE MCGILTONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- DENVER MOORE JRCorporal · October 3, 1968
- CHRIS DELANO MUNSONSergeant · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 1
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.