Louisiana Soldiers
Listed As Dead WASHINGTON (AP)--- The Pentagon has changed the classification of two Louisiana soldiers previously listed as missing in Vietnam to dead as a result of hostile action.
Reported Friday to be dead were Spec. 5 Ernest Payne on of Sir. and Mrs. Richard Payne of Baton Rouge, and
Spec Michael J. Juneau of Morrow.
[The Daily Advertiser
Lafayette, Louisiana
27 May 1968, Mon • Page 20] |
[courtesy of "Bobby"]Grave marker for Spc-5 Ernest Payne in
Section A, Site 854-A, Port Hudson National Cemetery, Zachary (East
Baton Rouge Parish), Louisiana.
Ernest enlisted in the Army on 18 January
1967.
On 5 May 1968, Spc 5 Payne, a Medical
Specialist, in HHC, 1st Bn, 508th Inf, was killed by multiple fragment
wounds. near Hue, Thừa (Thiên-Huế Province), Vietnam. |