The Wall › Panel 19E › Missouri › Joseph Carlton Hailey
JOSEPH CARLTON HAILEY
Captain · U.S. Army
May 7, 1937 – May 14, 1967
Service recordJoseph Carlton Hailey, of Conran, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 117
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Conran, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1967, 1,396 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 19E, Line 117
- DAVID NEWTON CUMMINGSHospitalman · May 14, 1967
- WINFIELD SCOTT FLINTLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- FRANK LYNN GUTHRIEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MITCHELL HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 118
- RAFAEL VALENTINMaster Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 122
From Conran
- JERRY LEE HAILEYStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
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.