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KENNETH DOUGLAS HAYS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – January 27, 1969
Service recordKenneth Douglas Hays, of Big Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Big Rapids, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE GOADTechnical Sergeant · January 27, 1969
- PARKER KEITH GODFREYSergeant · January 27, 1969
- THOMAS GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- ANTHONY GORDON HARBORDFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NATHAN EUGENE CROUCHSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 92
From Big Rapids
- JOHN BOWERS WORCESTERLieutenant Commander · October 19, 1965
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- THOMAS FREDRICK RAY JRCorporal · October 25, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS KELLYStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN GYDESENCorporal · December 17, 1970
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.