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RALPH PARKER HAYDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRalph Parker Hayden, of Boca Raton, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 92 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Boca Raton, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 7
- CHARLES EDWARD GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LAVON GIDDENSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- JERRY EDWARD GRADYLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LUTHER HAMMONSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
From Boca Raton
- JERRY RONALD WHITMANLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- KIMBALL HAYES SHELDONSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
- WALTER RAY WINTERSPetty Officer Second Class · October 3, 1970
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.