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Warr, Wayne A.

 Person

Biography

Wayne A. Warr (1946-) is a Vietnam veteran.

Wayne A. Warr was born September 17, 1946 in Payson, Utah. He graduated from Grand County High School in Moab, Utah. Warr served three tours of duty in the United States Army in Vietnam beginning at age 18 in 1965, 1967, and 1970. He was wounded in combat in 1967. In 1968, he married Janice Huggins in Ely, Nevada. They had two children together. Janice passed away in 1996. Warr seved for 22 years in the United States Army, retiring as a sergeant major.

Citation:
Scott M. Fellows interview with Wayne A. Farr, February 14, 1985 (Warr talks about his three tours of duty in Vietnam starting in 1965, 1967, and 1970. He discusses how the war changed over those years. He was wounded in combat in 1967.)

Signature Books Library, via WWW, March 22, 2021 (Wayne A. Warr was born September 17, 1946, in Payson, Utah. He graduated from Grand County High School in Moab, Utah. Warr began his military experience as an eighteen-year-old. After twenty-two years in the U.S. Army, Warr retired as a sergeant major)

Billiongraves, via WWW, March 22, 2021 (Wayne A Warr Born: 17 Sep 1946 Married: 4 Feb 1968 Janice Huggins)

Newspapers.com, via WWW, March 22, 2021 (Janice Huggins passed away in 1996, married in Ely, Nevada. Two children. Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Scott M. Fellows interview with Wayne A. Farr

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3032
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview conducted by Scott M. Fellows on 14 Feb. 1985 for the War Project at Brigham Young University. Also included is the reel-to-reel sound tape from which the trancription was made. Warr talks about his three tours of duty in Vietnam starting in 1965, 1967, and 1970. He discusses how the war changed over those years. He was wounded in combat in 1967.

Dates: 1985 February 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Oral history interview with Wayne A. Warr

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 3192
Scope and Contents A typescript and two audiocassette recordings of an interview with Wayne A. Warr conducted by Scott M. Fellows on February 14, 1985, for the Ray Hillam war project. Warr served in the United States Army and was sent to Vietnam in 1965 as a radio operator. He was in Vietnam for three months in 1965 and returned in 1967 as a platoon sergeant. He tells about his daily routines, experiences when ambushed, and difficulty distinguishing the enemy. States the North Vietnamese were well trained,...
Dates: 1985 February 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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