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BRENT ALLAN HAYTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1951 – November 22, 1970
Service recordBrent Allan Hayton, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1951
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 77
- ROBERT LARRY HUDSONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
- MATEO JUAREZSergeant · November 22, 1970
- ROBERT DALE KAVICHCorporal · November 22, 1970
- MARK ALLAN LARSONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY BOWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 76
- MATEO JUAREZSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 77
- MARK ALLAN LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 77
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.