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JIMMY DON HYDE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 21, 1944 – December 5, 1965
Service recordJimmy Don Hyde, of Caddo, Oklahoma, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 5, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 127
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS DYNAMIC MSO 432
- Born
- October 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Caddo, Oklahoma (Bryan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
Also on Panel 3E, Line 127
- JAMES GRAHAMSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JORGE M JARAMILLOPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
From Caddo
- LARRY NEAL BOATMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- TURNER COLEMAN JOHNSONSergeant First Class · March 17, 1972
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.