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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Wayne Haynes.

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MICHAEL WAYNE HAYNES

Corporal · U.S. Army

July 24, 1949 – April 15, 1970

Service record

Michael Wayne Haynes, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11W · Line 7

Position of Panel 11W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
11 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
July 24, 1949
Home of record
Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 15, 1970
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 11W, Line 7

Same unit, same day

From Charleston

All 34 names from Charleston →

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.