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JOHN LOREN HAYDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1945 – January 20, 1967
Service recordJohn Loren Hayden, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 57
- FRED LEROY JOHNSONSergeant · January 20, 1967
- CHARLES WRAY KAELINSergeant · January 20, 1967
- RONALD LEROY KENTStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 54
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 55
- WILLIAM LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 56
- RONALD LEROY KENTStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 57
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 57
- WILLIAM JAMES MACKPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
- HENRY EARL ROBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
- MORGAN ELBERT SAVAGESpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 59
- JAMES BENJAMIN SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.