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ARNOLD COURTNEY HAYWARD
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 4, 1932 – July 11, 1969
Service recordArnold Courtney Hayward, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 101
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1932
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 101
- JOE RICHARD GLASSBURNSpecialist Four · July 11, 1969
- HERMAN HAZELTONSergeant · July 11, 1969
- WILLIAM CARROLL HELMSpecialist Four · July 11, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN JONES JRPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT JAMES BAKER JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 97
- NORMAN HUBERT BLOOMFIELDSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 98
- MARK LEROY BRUNERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 98
- RICHARD THOMAS CORRIVEAUCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 99
- ROBERT WILLIAM DEANSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 99
- THOMAS PAUL FENUSHCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 99
- CURTISS FERNHOFFCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 100
- CLAUDIE FOWLERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 100
- GEORGE HAROLD FRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 100
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 100
- JOE RICHARD GLASSBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 101
- BRADLEY WILFRED KLUKASPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- LARRY KEITH MOTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- MARVIN KEITH RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 102
- MICHAEL FREDRICK ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- BYRON DUNCAN STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 103
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 103
- ALLAN COURTNEY THIBOUPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 103
- DAN BURGESS YARBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 104
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 104
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
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.