Wayne Roland Bryant
Rank: Ensign
Branch: Navy
UT Major/Affiliation: UT Junior College - 1940-1941
Hometown: Kenton, TN
- June 30, 1922 – May 10, 1943
- UT Junior College – 1940-1941
- Ensign – Navy
- Killed in a balloon explosion occurring between Camden and Haddonfield, N.J.
- Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Obion County, Tennessee
Wayne Roland Bryant (June 30, 1922 – May 10, 1943) was from Kenton in Obion County, Tennessee. Bryant attended the University of Tennessee’s Junior College at Martin from 1940 to 1941. He enlisted Navy when the United States entered the war at the end of 1941. He was being trained as a crew member on board airship balloons in New Jersey when he was killed in a balloon explosion during a training exercise between Camden and Haddonfield. He is buried at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Obion County, Tennessee.
