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HAROLD RICHARD HAYDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – May 23, 1968
Service recordHarold Richard Hayden, of Glade Spring, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 10
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
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Glade Spring, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 10
- EARL J GUILLORYSergeant · May 23, 1968
- TOMMY HARDWICKPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- GLEN OLIVER LANEMaster Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- JAMES M LEVINGSSergeant · May 23, 1968
From Glade Spring
- EDGAR DURPHY THOMASStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1971
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.