HONORED ON PANEL 3E, LINE 10 OF THE WALL
WAYNE ASHLEY BALMER
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WAYNE A BALMER
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3E/10
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POSTED ON 12.23.2023
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Final Mission of PFC Wayne A. Balmer
The U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division deployed to Vietnam in September 1965, taking up positions in III Corps (Military Region III). On November 1st, during Operation Big Red, division troops and supplies were still being transported to field locations when a M35 2-½-ton cargo truck in a convoy hit a land mine on National Route QL-13 nine kilometers (5.4 miles) southeast of Ben Cat in Binh Duong Province, RVN. The blast killed four 2/28th Infantry personnel. They included medic SP5 James J. Howard (HHC-2/28), mortarman PFC Wayne A. Balmer (C-2/28), infantryman 1SG David R. Dickens (C-2/28), and platoon sergeant PSG Gordon S. Huggins (C-2/28). [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Combat Operations: Stemming the Tide, May 1965 to October 1966” by John M. Carland]
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POSTED ON 11.8.2022
POSTED BY: Jeff Joyce
We Will Remember
I had the honor to say your name during the 40th anniversary commemoration of the Wall. May you rest in peace.
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
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POSTED ON 9.23.2021
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever....
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