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GALEN EARL HAYNIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1943 – September 23, 1969
Service recordGalen Earl Haynie, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 129
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 129
- STEPHEN JOHN CHANEYCaptain · September 23, 1969
- SHERBERT LEON COXSergeant First Class · September 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN KNECHTGESPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- ELWOOD JOHN ROEHLSpecialist Five · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN COOKESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 128
- SHERBERT LEON COXSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- ROBERTO SALAZARSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 1
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.