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FRED JOE HAYES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1942 – April 13, 1968
Service recordFred Joe Hayes, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 42
- ROBERT CHARLES HEALEY JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- STEPHEN JOHN HINDSLance Corporal · April 13, 1968
- KENNETH LEE HINNANTPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT STANLEY CROKELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
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.