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HAYS CHARLES STEPHENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1945 – April 4, 1969
Service recordHays Charles Stephens, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 13
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- JOSEPH DENNIS SLAWEK JRPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- CLINTON DANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1969
- PHILIP CLARENCE STEINSergeant · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANN JOSEPH LOBKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 11
- THOMAS WAYNE QUINNSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 12
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 13
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.