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DEE AARON HYDEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – December 15, 1969
Service recordDee Aaron Hyden, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 58
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 58
- RONALD CHARLES COLLINSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- FARRISH COMBSCorporal · December 15, 1969
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 57
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 59
- DONALD RAY ROSESpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 60
- DON EUGENE STOCKTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 60
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.