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JAMES EDWARD HAYES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – December 16, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Hayes, of Miami, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 64
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 64
- GLEN EUGENE HOWARDPetty Officer Third Class · December 16, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE JEROPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
- SVEN STERNING MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1969
- RONALD DEAN MCMILLENSpecialist Four · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR LEE BRITTENUM JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 61
- SVEN STERNING MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 64
- ROY LEE ROYSTONSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 65
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.