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WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1944 – August 10, 1971
Service recordWillard Francis Payne, of Santa Paula, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 128
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Paula, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 128
- WILLIAM LEON LOGANChief Petty Officer · August 10, 1971
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 10, 1971
- PETER JOSEPH GAUVINPrivate · August 11, 1971
- VIRGIL JAY BATES JRSergeant · August 23, 1971
From Santa Paula
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · March 5, 1968
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- TIMOTHY ELTON LARMONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- JIM RAY CAVENDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 4, 1969
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
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.