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BOBBY LEE HAYES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1938 – February 7, 1967
Service recordBobby Lee Hayes, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 3
- CHESTER PAUL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- RUSSEL LEE WATSONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- HARVEY BREWINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY BREWINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 3
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 3
- RODGER CLAYBORN SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 7
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
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.