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Last Address 1443 Hudson Ave Chicago, IL (wife~Willa Mae Payne)
Casualty Date Dec 01, 1950
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Korea
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 8
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In late November 1950, Payne was a medical specialist assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fighting against repeat Chinese People's Volunteer Forces (CPVF) attacks in the area surrounding Yudam-ni, North Korea. Payne was killed during the fighting on Dec. 1, 1950 and was reportedly buried in a temporary cemetery at Yudam-ni.
Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class William G. Payne, killed during the Korean War, has now been accounted for on Sept 5, 2017
Interment services are pending; a formal notification will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
DPAA is appreciative to the Department of Veteran's Affairs for their partnership in this mission.
Payne's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at an American Battle Monuments Commission site along with the other MIAs from the Korean War.
UPDATE: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, recently accounted-for from the Korean War, are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class William G. Payne, 41, of Springfield, Missouri, accounted for on Aug. 9, 2017, will be buried May 11 in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
