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Wayne was born in Slidell, LA on April 17, 1983. He lived in Gainesville, Florida for all but seven years of his life.
Wayne entered into the Delayed Entry Program of the Marine Corps on October 24, 2007 and was sworn into the Marine Corps on January 22, 2008 by his father, Captain Lee Vincent, USN Retired. He was 24.
He was a member of 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Fox Company, Weapons Platoon, also known as “America’s Battalion”.
On May 18, 2009, Wayne departed Camp Lejeune en route to Afghanistan. He was killed in an ambush on July 25, 2009 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.