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WAYNE THOMAS SEVERINO
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 17, 1946 – February 16, 1968
Service recordWayne Thomas Severino, of Taunton, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Taunton, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39E, Line 66
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- SANDY LEE SHULLLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- EUGENE A SORENSONSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ALLEN ALVAREZWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39E, Line 56
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 57
- THOMAS HALL MORRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 64
- EUGENE A SORENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 66
From Taunton
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HENRYSergeant · March 26, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY FRANCISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES ANDRADECorporal · September 2, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.