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JAMES STEWART HAY
Captain · U.S. Army
October 22, 1942 – May 11, 1968
Service recordJames Stewart Hay, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 22
- JAMES WALLACE HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE HONEYCUTTSergeant · May 11, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- JUAN MACIAS JIMENEZSergeant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES KENNETH ALLESSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 18
- JAMES GILBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 19
- FLOYD CLARK BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 20
- JAMES WALLACE HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 22
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.