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GARRY LEE HAYES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – May 1, 1969
Service recordGarry Lee Hayes, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 91
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 91
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- EDWARD ANDREW HORN JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- PAUL STUART LAVEROCKPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- IGNACIO ESCOBAR DUROSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- GABRIEL HERNANDEZ MADRIDSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 92
- RANDY DEWITT OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 92
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 93
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.