Captain John Wallace Haynes was born on August 31, 1945, the son of John Bell Haynes and Martha Wallace. He served his country in the Vietnam War in the United States Army, with Adv. Team 66, HQ, Military Assistance Command Vietnam Advisors. His tour began on February 22, 1971. On June 19, 1971, Capt. Haynes died in a vehicular accident in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam. He was 25 at the time of his death. He is memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Panel 03W, Line 82.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, June 25, 1971
Army Capt. John Wallace Haynes has been killed in a traffic accident in Vietnam, his wife, Mrs. Beverly Taylor Haynes, was notified here yesterday. Haynes, 25, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Haynes, Chattanooga, and was a graduate of Central High School in Chattanooga. He 1967 he was graduated from UT at Knoxville. Before joining the Army he was a safety engineer for Liberty Mutual, Spartanburg, S.C. He had been in the Army 3½ years and had planned to make a career of it. He first went to Germany for two years, then in February this year was sent to Vietnam as a military adviser. His wife, who has been king her home on Kelsey Drive here, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Taylor Jr. of Kingston. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Barbara McDonald of Carthage. His parents were on a South America cruise when notified of his death and they are returning to Kingston.
- Rank: Captain
- Date of birth: 31 August 1945
- Date of death: 19 June 1971
- County: Hamilton
- Hometown: Chattanooga
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: Advisory Team 66
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Burial/Memorial Location: Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson, Hamilton County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXII, Bottom Panel
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