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CLARENCE DEAN HAKES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 23, 1940 – February 24, 1971
Service recordClarence Dean Hakes, of Isanti, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 2
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Isanti, Minnesota (Isanti County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 2
- THOMAS EVANS BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1971
- STEVEN WILLIAM GOELZWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1971
- VERNON ANDREW GREENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1971
- STANLEY ALLEN JACKSONPrivate · February 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EVANS BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 2
- STEVEN WILLIAM GOELZWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 2
- VERNON ANDREW GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 2
- CRAIG JAMES JAKELSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 3
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WILSHERCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 3
From Isanti
- DAVID PAUL OKERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- DUANE ARVID PETERSONSergeant · May 5, 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.