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JOHN KENT HAYWARD
Captain · U.S. Army
October 18, 1941 – December 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Kent Hayward, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 35
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist (54314)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 35
- JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLAFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND HARTKEMEYERPetty Officer Second Class · December 17, 1968
- JOHN PETER KOOBChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 17, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY JOHN BOURQUEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 32
- RAMON CASTRO-MORALESSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 33
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 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.