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WENDLE L PAYNE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 10, 1929 – April 10, 1975
Service recordWendle L Payne, of Essex, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 10, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 123
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Loadmaster Technician (60770)
- Born
- February 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Essex, Missouri (Stoddard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1975
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1975; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 123
- GARY BEDE SIMKINSLieutenant · April 3, 1973
- EDGAR ROBERT MELTONCaptain · April 10, 1975
- JOE CASTROMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1975
- KENNETH EDWIN NANCEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1975
- WILLIAM MONROE PARKERTechnical Sergeant · April 21, 1975
From Essex
- MARSHAL JUNIOR ONEALCorporal · May 21, 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.