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EARL MARSHALL HAYES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1944 – March 25, 1969
Service recordEarl Marshall Hayes, of Spindale, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Spindale, North Carolina (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 36
- JEWELL ROBERT GREENSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- JOSEPH CLAYTON HAGASergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- FREDERICK DANIEL HERRERASergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- EDDIE DEAN CARPERSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 33
- FRANK JOSEPH G ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 34
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 39
- WILLIAM JAMES TORPIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From Spindale
- STEVE LEWIS CAMBYCaptain · February 12, 1967
- MICHAEL RAY SMITHLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
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.