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MICHAEL FIRESTONE HAIFLEY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 19, 1946 – December 28, 1972
Service recordMichael Firestone Haifley, of Lisbon, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on December 28, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 107
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Naval Flight Officer (1320)
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Lisbon, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 28, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 107
- LAWRENCE JAY MARSHALLMajor · December 27, 1972
- JAMES MACK TURNERCaptain · December 27, 1972
- BENNIE LAMAR FRYERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1972
- ALLEN LOUIS JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · December 28, 1972
From Lisbon
- LAWRENCE ALAN ESTERLYLance Corporal · July 18, 1969
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.