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FRANCIS JOSEPH HAYES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordFrancis Joseph Hayes JR, of Runnemede, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 23
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Runnemede, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 23
- BENJAMIN NILES GOLDBERGSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- RICHARD LEONARD HARROTTPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- PHILIP HAWKINS IIISergeant · May 15, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH HENRY PICARELLISergeant · Panel 61E, Line 1
From Runnemede
- JOHN MATTHEW HALEY JRLance Corporal · September 1, 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.