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JOHNNY MICHAEL HAIRSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – November 23, 1966
Service recordJohnny Michael Hairston, of Martinsville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Virginia (Martinsville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 112
- GEORGE BENJAMIN BELLPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- ALTON ONEIL FLAGGStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1966
- JIMMY DALE HUDSONLance Corporal · November 23, 1966
- JEAN BAPTISTE INCASHOLAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH DARRYL BURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 111
From Martinsville
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · July 4, 1967
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · February 1, 1968
- MORRIS ALFRED WHITEHEADSergeant · February 24, 1968
- LONNIE DOUGLAS ALLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY DAVIS HATCHERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON HOLLANDLance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- HARRY PEMBERTON MARTINPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- CLOVIS BERNARD WALKERCorporal · June 30, 1969
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.