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FREDDIE NEIL HAYNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – November 12, 1969
Service recordFreddie Neil Haynes, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 64
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 64
- ROBERT BRYANT HAMBLETTLance Corporal · November 12, 1969
- GERALD ROBERT HELMICHColonel · November 12, 1969
- CARL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- HOWARD BOYD HENRYMajor · November 12, 1969
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 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.