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DONALD RAY HAYWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1948 – May 7, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Haywood, of Blue River, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Blue River, Kentucky (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 19
- LOUIS ANTONIO PEREZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- RONALD SHAFER PIERCEPrivate · May 7, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SHINAULTFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1969
- DANIEL TIRADOPrivate First Class · May 7, 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.