Payne, William Lee
Army Master sergeant

William Lee Payne, age 46, from Watervliet, Michigan, Berrien county.

Parents: William O. Payne and Rosemary (deceased)

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Otsego High (1975)
Military history: Hhc 2D Battalion 70Th Armor, Fort Riley, Kansas

Date of death: Friday, May 16, 2003
Death details: Killed when ordnance exploded as he examined it in Haswah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times