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RON JACKSON HAYNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 25, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordRon Jackson Haynes, of Vonore, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 39
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Vonore, Tennessee (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 39
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- CHESTER LEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 36
- KENNETH EDWARD FOUSTCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 38
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 40
- JAMES LEE MOORECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 41
- RICHARD PAUL POWERSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 42
- BRETT GRANT REAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 43
- CHARLES FRANKLIN TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 44
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.