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JAMES EDWARD HAYNES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1941 – November 24, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Haynes, of Vincennes, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 78
- DAVID LYNN HILTONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- WILLIAM C LANGHAMSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- VERTIS L MACKEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GAYLEALON DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 76
- MILLARD WADE FARBROSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 77
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
- RAYMOND PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
From Vincennes
- BILLY WAYNE HEDGECorporal · November 22, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES ROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JERRY EARL PRYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- BRUCE EDGAR STRATECorporal · February 7, 1968
- DICK DALE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY BAILEYCorporal · November 20, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
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.