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DAVID ROY HAYWARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1950 – March 22, 1971
Service recordDavid Roy Hayward, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 67
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Natchitoches, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 67
- MICHAEL LEO HARRISSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- DONALD PAUL KNUTSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- LARRY DEWAYNE LEAMONSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD JOE ABERNETHYPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 65
- KARL WALTER DRUZINSKICorporal · Panel 4W, Line 65
- WILLIAM HENRY FELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 65
- WILLIAM STUART GLENNPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 66
- JOHN WILSON MCLEMORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 68
- ROGER WILLIAM STAHLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 68
From Natchitoches
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD METOYERLance Corporal · August 31, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- CHARLES DOTYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
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.