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MELVIN LEE HAIRSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1946 – January 13, 1966
Service recordMelvin Lee Hairston, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 70
- IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMANTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WARREN CRIPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 68
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 69
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 70
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 72
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.