Greg Payne:  

CLASS OF 1967
Vancouver, WA
Vancouver, WA
Vancouver, WA
Mac Arthur SchoolClass of 1958
Vancouver, WA

Greg's Story

I was born in Vancouver, WA on July 9, 1949. I went to MacArthur Elementary School - 1954- 1958 Harney Elementary School - 1959 - 1961 Mcloughlin Junior High School - 1961 - 1964 Hudson\'s Bay High School - 1964 - 1967 Clark College - 1968, 1971, 1974 - 1976 I joined the U.S. ARMY and went to Vietnam Towns Lived in: Vancouver, WA Pacific Beach, WA Oyehut, WA Ocean Shores, WA Married: Juanita Rose (Reid) Payne - April 29, 1972 Hoquiam, WA Divorced in Vancouver, WA 1976 Portland, OR Columbia Christian College - 1976 - 1977 The Dalles OR IT'S ME GREG PAYNE, SO HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF THESE YEARS??? TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD PLEASE...AND THANK YOU........IF YOU HEARD THAT I WENT TO VIETNAM, THEN YOU HEARD RIGHT! MY LIFE STARTED AND ENDED RIGHT THERE. I SERVED FOR THREE YEARS FROM 1968 - 1971 IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY AS A THREE YEAR 11B10 COMBAT INFANTRY RIFLEMAN. I SERVED TWO TOURS OUT OF THE THREE YEARS AS A COMBAT INFANTRY 11B10 RIFLEMAN IN VIETNAM DURING TET WITH THE 199th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE WHERE I WA EXPOSED TO "AGENT ORANGE" IN BOTH VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA IN 1969. THEN MY SECOND TOUR OF COMBAT WAS ON THE DMZ IN KOREA WHERE I PULLED BORDER PATROL ON FOOT UP INTO THE NORTH K...Expand for more
OREAN BUFFER ZONE TO SET UP AMBUSHES IN NORTH KOREA. I CAME BACK HERE TO THE STATES IN 1970 WHERE I WAS STATIONED AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS WHERE I HAD EASY DUTY THERE AND GOT OUT IN APRIL OF 1971. I WENT TO CLARK COLLEGE IN ENGLISH AND JOURNALISM. SWITCHED MAJORS TO COMMERCIAL FOODS AND GRADUATED IN THAT WITH A SOUS CHEF LICENCE FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. I WAS MARRIED FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS "AGENT ORANGE" TOOK IT'S TOLL ON MY HEALTH COST ME EVERYTHING I HAD OR EVER DID NOW I'AM IN A LONG TERM NURSING HOME FOR THE VETERANS HERE IN THE DALLES WHERE I HAVE LIVED FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS WAITING TO SLOWLY DIE NOW FROM "AGENT ORANGE" AND NOW YOU KNOW MY LIFE. I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY HATED US PEOPLE FROM VIETNAM I HOPE YOU DON'T HATE ME TOO BUT I HAD TO EITHER GO THERE OR GO TO PRISON DURING THAT TIME. MY FAMILY ARE ALL DEAD NOW SO I HAVE NOBODY. I CAN ONLY HOPE SOME OF YOU COULD JUST COME UP TO SEE ME...LOVE YA, GREG Thank you, Greg! We appreciate you being a CM+ member Have a reconnection story to share? Let us know » Greg, click these names! Stanley Wesolowski Dominic Salvato Jack Crosley Alayne Chittester Dnd May Bill Martin Site Tour Reunion Center Intelius People Search Browse Yearbooks View Your C
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