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NEIL WILLIAM HAYDEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
June 18, 1941 – May 18, 1969
Service recordNeil William Hayden, of Redding, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 42
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 42
- DUANE LELAND HARTENHOFFMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- HAROLD C HEDDEN JRSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- CARROLL FRANKLIN HERSEYMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- LEONARD MARTIN HICKSONSergeant · May 18, 1969
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.