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MELVIN HAZLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1941 – March 12, 1971
Service recordMelvin Hazley, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 40
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1941
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 40
- JERRY LEE DANAYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JOSEPH JAMES GOMEZSpecialist Five · March 12, 1971
- JOEL THOMAS HAGEMANCaptain · March 12, 1971
- MICHAEL WAYNE HILLCorporal · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WAYNE HILLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 40
- NAZIR MOHAMMEDSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 41
- BENJAMIN EUGENE SLAGOWSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 42
- GERALD WELSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 43
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.