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DAVID BARTOW HAYES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1936 – July 13, 1970
Service recordDavid Bartow Hayes, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 13, 1936
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 14
- ROSS EDWARD BEDIENTSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- ROBERT LAMARR BRYANSergeant · July 13, 1970
- LARRY DOUGLAS ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE EVANSCorporal · July 13, 1970
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.