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JOHNNY VANCE HAYES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1943 – September 26, 1967
Service recordJohnny Vance Hayes, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 15
- STEPHEN JONATHAN GEISTStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1967
- DEAN LEE GRETENCORDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JEROME CECIL HADLEYPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · 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.