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HILTON HAYES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1949 – October 7, 1968
Service recordHilton Hayes JR, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 41W, Line 24
- JOSEPH ELLIS GUENTHERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- DAVIS EDWIN HARDYSergeant · October 7, 1968
- SHELDON DALE HOSKINSCorporal · October 7, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.