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PAUL DEARING HAYDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1947 – March 8, 1969
Service recordPaul Dearing Haydon, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 76
- RALPH ASBERRY CONEColonel · March 8, 1969
- GRANT HIROAKI HENJYOJIFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
- EARL THOMAS HOAGSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROGER HAYDEN HOWESCorporal · March 8, 1969
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.