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GERALD WAYNE HAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1948 – April 24, 1970
Service recordGerald Wayne Hay, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 46
- PAUL JOSEPH GUELIGPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- JEFFREY KAY HOAGLANDCorporal · April 24, 1970
- FRED DUANE LARSONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN MOIRENSergeant · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FRANKCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 43
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.