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JOHN WALLACE HAYNES
Captain · U.S. Army
August 31, 1945 – June 19, 1971
Service recordJohn Wallace Haynes, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1971, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 82
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 82
- DWIGHT THOMAS BLACKWATERFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1971
- REGINALD WILLIAM FITCHETTSpecialist Five · June 19, 1971
- RANDY VICTOR HINESWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1971
- HOWARD HAMILTON NELSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
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.