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WILLIAM ROBERT HAINLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1950 – March 29, 1970
Service recordWilliam Robert Hainley, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 56
- JOSEPH LESTER HARTSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
- PAUL EUGENE HARVEYPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- JIMMY ISHMAEL HICKSCorporal · March 29, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · March 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 55
- JIMMY ISHMAEL HICKSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- STARET JOHN INGLESTONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DAVID MICHAEL KINGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DONN MICHAEL LORBERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- GILBERT COROA PEIXOTOCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
- PAUL ROBERT STEPP JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
- MICHAEL JAMES WAINWRIGHTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 59
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 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.