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JON JAMES HAYDEN
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
December 15, 1946 – August 16, 1967
Service recordJon James Hayden, of Newark, Delaware, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 116
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 116
- BRIAN FRANCIS WALLACESpecialist Four · August 15, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JEROME YARBERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- CHARLES E BORDENPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES FRIELLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
From Newark
- DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
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.