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JOHN JOSEPH HAYDEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1950 – November 21, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Hayden JR, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 105
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
- November 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 105
- HARVEY DUDLEY JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1969
- DWIGHT GARY FOREMANCorporal · November 21, 1969
- CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLELLANSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 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.