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ERNEST HAYWARD
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1927 – October 25, 1965
Service recordErnest Hayward, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 3, 1927
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 134
- WILLIAM LEROY JOHNSONCaptain · October 25, 1965
- BEN K MCBRIDEPrivate First Class · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD SPATES JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- JOSEPH R SWEDASpecialist Four · October 25, 1965
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · July 24, 1966
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.