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JOHN HULSEY HAYS
Captain · U.S. Army
September 24, 1943 – November 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Hulsey Hays, of Winter Haven, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 37
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Winter Haven, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 37
- DONALD JOSEPH HERTRICKCorporal · November 8, 1968
- MITCHELL LEWIS JOLYLance Corporal · November 8, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN LUTZEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- ERNEST MELVIN PLATTNERSpecialist Five · November 8, 1968
From Winter Haven
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · March 13, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH STEWARTColonel · March 15, 1966
- RICHARD E HOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · July 21, 1967
- JACKIE LEE MELTONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- BILLIE RAY MCCALLSergeant · February 22, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD ULYSES MASTERSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- HERBERT MARSHALL ALLENSergeant · June 19, 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.