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JOHN COOK HAYES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1951 – October 16, 1971
Service recordJohn Cook Hayes, of Hartington, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Hartington, Nebraska (Cedar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 40
- LARRY FLOYD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 16, 1971
- HARRY OWEN BOWLESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1971
- BARRY ALAN BOWMANCaptain · October 17, 1971
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
- ALLEN GORDON SCURLOCKFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
From Hartington
- JERRY FRANCIS LENTZSergeant · April 7, 1968
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.