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WAYNE VASTER WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1945 – July 2, 1967
Service recordWayne Vaster Wilson, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 118
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO I BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 2, 1967
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 118
- SHERMAN RAY WAITESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- MARK ALAN WHITTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- HERBERT COLEMAN WRIGHT JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
From Thomasville
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.