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JAMES DANIEL HAKES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1944 – May 15, 1966
Service recordJames Daniel Hakes JR, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 61
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 61
- RALPH CAROL BALCOMColonel · May 15, 1966
- JACK RAY BRADNERSergeant · May 15, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM JENSENColonel · May 15, 1966
From Aurora
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
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.