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GARLAND GENE HALEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordGarland Gene Haley, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 15
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAGELPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- FOSTER HAMILTONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- SHERRON EVERETT HARBISONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER BRUMSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 6
- GLENN EDWARD NICHOLSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 24
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.