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GALE JACKSON HAYS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 13, 1932 – October 18, 1966
Service recordGale Jackson Hays, of Falling Rock, West Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 18, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- June 13, 1932
- Home of record
- Falling Rock, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 87
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HALPINCorporal · October 18, 1966
- JAMES WELDON HARGROVEChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 18, 1966
- ROBERT LAVERNE HILLChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- FREDERICK HARRY LEWISSergeant First Class · October 18, 1966
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.