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CHRISTOPHER LYNN HAYES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1950 – August 27, 1968
Service recordChristopher Lynn Hayes, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 42
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 42
- MICHAEL JAMES DERRIGLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- WASHINGTON L JAMESSergeant First Class · August 27, 1968
- FRANK HOWARD JOHNSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JOSEPH KEITH KIRKENDALLSpecialist Five · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 37
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- DENNIS PATRICK FRIEDHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 41
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 43
- RUDOLPH SOTELO RENTERIASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 44
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.