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WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACK
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Waysack, of Orange, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 2
- HERBERT LEROY TUTTLE JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRED LAMAR WHILES JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- PHILIP GREGORY WIGTONLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE VERNON AIREY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 12
- ROBERT ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JAMES CURTIS BANGPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 14
- ROBERT JOHN CAPANDASpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- CARLOS WAYNE CORNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 17
- FREDDIE JAMES COX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 17
- WINFORD R CRABBSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- JOHN CHRISTIAN DOUGHERTYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 19
- FRANK WILLIAM ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
- VIRGIL JAMES FOWLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 21
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 21
- DANIEL GEORGE GLADDINGSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- GEORGE ERVIN GUYETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 24
- ROBERT NELSON JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 25
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 25
- RONALD NORMAN KOITZSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- DAYTON WAYNE LANIERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 57E, Line 26
- MITCHELL MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 57E, Line 29
- DONALD K MCNEILWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57E, Line 29
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · Panel 57E, Line 33
- MARK DOUGLAS YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.