Wayne Thad Strickland

Corporal
F CO, 2ND BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
25 April 1943 - 24 September 1966
Macon, Georgia
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1ST MARDIV

1ST MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Wayne Thad Strickland

23 Jan 2001

This is in memory of a dear friend and classmate. Wayne was only 23, not old enough to have experienced a wife, children, or living a civilian life. However, he will always be remembered by so many because of his sweet personality and always a smile and good word for everyone.

God bless, you will never be forgotten.

A memorial from his friend,
Pat
Rural Route 4, Greensboro, Ga
cowtown@communicomm.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 24 Sep 1966, Golf Company, 2/7 Marines, was one of the units involved in Operation Prairie in Quang Tri Province just south of the Demilitarized Zone. While moving through an unfamiliar area, the company came under intense mortar, machine-gun and sniper fire from what was later estimated to be a North Vietnamese regiment. By the time the fighting ended, Golf 2/7 had lost ten men, and Fox 2/7 two more:
  • F Company:
    • SSgt Vernon L. Ramey, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Cpl Wayne T. Strickland, Macon, GA

  • G Company:
    • Pfc Cecil E. Dorsey, Du Quion, IL
    • Pfc James E. Graham, Rochester, PA
    • Pfc John T. Klump, Marshallville, OH
    • Pfc Burns W. Knowlton, Pittsfield, ME
    • LCpl Rexford A. Larock, Parish, NY
    • HN Gerald C. McKeen, Sac City, IA (Navy Cross) (H&S Co with Golf 2/7)
    • Sgt Clyde Minix, North Judson, IN
    • Sgt Robert P. Minor, Philadelphia, PA
    • Pfc Howard G. Morrison, Elko, NV
    • Pfc Daniel J. Rusnell, Vestaburg, MI




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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