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HAYWOOD MAHONE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordHaywood Mahone JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 48
- EDWARD LOPEZSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- HARRELD PIRTLE MARTINCaptain · August 23, 1968
- CHESTER HOWARD MAYCorporal · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT GAIL MILLERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.