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CLAIRE LOWELL HAYNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1936 – October 22, 1965
Service recordClaire Lowell Hayner, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 130
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 130
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- CLIFFORD ROBERT HARRYChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 22, 1965
- GEORGE GREGORIO LUISSpecialist Four · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.