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LYLE DENNIS HAYES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1950 – November 26, 1970
Service recordLyle Dennis Hayes, of Pierz, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 83
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Pierz, Minnesota (Morrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1970
- 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
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 83
- CHARLES RAYMOND HAMILTONSpecialist Four · November 25, 1970
- MICHAEL NORMAN HUGHESSergeant · November 25, 1970
- FREDDIE LEWIS LOCKHARTWarrant Officer 1 · November 25, 1970
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL LEE GANTTSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 84
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.