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MICHAEL PYM HAYDEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1944 – April 16, 1968
Service recordMichael Pym Hayden, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- April 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 14
- DAVID HABERMANPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- LESLIE PAUL HAGARASergeant · April 16, 1968
- LAWRENCE HIMMERCaptain · April 16, 1968
- JACK LEE HINKLEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.