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BRUCE ROBERT HAYES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordBruce Robert Hayes, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 6
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- GENE TYNDALL GRANTLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- BRADFORD JOHN F HIPPIEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE HORNCorporal · May 29, 1968
From Richmond Hill
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
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.