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CLIFTON WALTER HAYS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 8, 1920 – November 10, 1965
Service recordClifton Walter Hays, of Waldo, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1920
- Home of record
- Waldo, Kansas (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1965
- Age
- 45
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 40
- JOHN HENRY VANWYKPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- WILLIAM ESPOSITO JRCorporal · November 11, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- WILLIS WILLIAM WEBERSergeant · November 11, 1965
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.