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JAMES DAVID LAHAYE
Commander · U.S. Navy
July 21, 1923 – May 8, 1965
Service recordJames David Lahaye, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 8, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 112
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 111 USS MIDWAY CVA 41
- Born
- July 21, 1923
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1965
- Age
- 41
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 111 USS MIDWAY CVA 41”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 112
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN KARDELLLieutenant · May 9, 1965
- ROGER J MCALLISTER JRSergeant · May 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
From Green Bay
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
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.