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ARCHIE ANDREW HAYMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
February 8, 1940 – April 2, 1968
Service recordArchie Andrew Hayman, of Gallipolis, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Gallipolis, Ohio (Gallia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 39
- DAVID THOMAS CONNORSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR EDWARDSSergeant First Class · April 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS LEE HARRISONCorporal · April 2, 1968
- GENE JAY HOWARDSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GENE JAY HOWARDSpecialist Five · Panel 47E, Line 39
From Gallipolis
- CHARLES MARION NEAL JRLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- ROGER LEE HAWLEYCorporal · March 28, 1969
- ALBERT EUGENE LEEPetty Officer First Class · February 16, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.