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GEORGE BURNS HAYS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 24, 1937 – June 13, 1967
Service recordGeorge Burns Hays, of Robinson, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 13, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 97
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Robinson, Illinois (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 97
- JAMES LEE CUMISKEYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- SIDNEY EDWARD DENTONSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- AMBROSIO SALAZAR GRANDEAMajor · June 13, 1967
- DON LEE GRISBYCorporal · June 13, 1967
From Robinson
- ARTHUR CLEON ROESLERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- JAMES RAY INBODENSergeant · March 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- ROBERT GENE MOORESpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
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.