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ROBERT MARION HAYNES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1946 – October 5, 1969
Service recordRobert Marion Haynes JR, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 41
- SHELBY GENE FOSTERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- MICHAEL GALLEGOCorporal · October 5, 1969
- WALTER JIM HOGANSFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1969
- HOWARD THOMAS LENHARDLance Corporal · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SHELBY GENE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 41
- RALPH ERNEST PIANO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 43
- LARRY GENE BURKHOLDERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 44
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
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.