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KENNETH FRANCIS HAYES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 19, 1945 – June 3, 1970
Service recordKenneth Francis Hayes, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 4
- EDWARD MICHAEL DUGANSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
- FRANK ROBERT GUERREROSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- JOHN S HUGHES JRCaptain · June 3, 1970
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ROSS PARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 5
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 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.