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LEWIS MORRISON HAYWARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1943 – March 13, 1968
Service recordLewis Morrison Hayward, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Subsistence Supply Specialist (76X)
- Born
- January 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 37
- WILLIAM JAMES HONDELSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWARD HUPEPrivate · March 13, 1968
- KOSMAS PETER KAPETANOPOULOSFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- GLEN HERBERT MOSLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
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.