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JACK WAYNE HALEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 19, 1945 – March 24, 1968
Service recordJack Wayne Haley, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 6
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 6
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- STEPHEN LLOYD HALSTEADPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- TROY RAY HAYDENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAL E BARTONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 3
- GERALD GREGORY CHINOSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 3
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 4
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 5
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 5
- STEPHEN LLOYD HALSTEADPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 6
- CARL RAYMOND RASORIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 11
- JOHN BATTISTE REALE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 11
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 11
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 12
- DANNY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 12
- JEFFERY HAROLD VANVLEETSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE WEILLSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 13
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 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.