Wayne County men who served in Vietnam included those killed in action and those missing in action from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy. Those killed in action were Billy W. Mckeel, Emmett E. Ballree, James R. Coates, William D. Crawford, Donald E. Daniels, James P. De Vaney, Phillip D. Hardy, Ernest R. Howell, Ralph Howell, Stokely J. Jones, Wilbert E. Jones, Rudolph S. Parrish, Herbert Pearsall, Jr., Philip W. Pigford, Richard V. Riggs, Edmond R. Toler, Albert Vick, Jr., Richard W. Watson, William C. Sutton, Murray Borden Jr., Joseph M. Grantham III, Casco D. Howell, Dan L. Jenkins, Bobby R. Lane, George P. Power, and Kenneth E. Van Hoy. Those missing in action were Joseph N. Hargrove, Edgar F. Davis, Samuel B. Cornelius, Robert A. Govan, William W. Hail, Robert H. Irwin, and Paul G. Underwood.