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EDWARD GARDNER HAYEN II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1946 – July 20, 1972
Service recordEdward Gardner Hayen II, of Concord, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 57
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
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 57
- LEON FREDERICK HAASLieutenant · July 17, 1972
- RAYMOND PETER DONNELLYLieutenant · July 19, 1972
- LARRY JOHN YOUNGPetty Officer First Class · July 20, 1972
- STEVEN ALLEN TRANTSpecialist Five · July 21, 1972
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 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.