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BENJAMIN WAYNE HAIRE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 26, 1949 – May 20, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Wayne Haire, of Jonesboro, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 59
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 59
- ANTHONY BONGOSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- ARTHUR KIRKS FORBESLance Corporal · May 20, 1969
- RAEFORD JAMES GERALD JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- ROY WAYNE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL RANDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 61
From Jonesboro
- FRANK EUGENE FULLERTONCommander · July 27, 1968
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.