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LYNN CAROL HAYES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – May 17, 1967
Service recordLynn Carol Hayes, of Crossville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Crossville, Tennessee (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 16
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- GERALD DON HUFFMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 13
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 14
- JAMES RICHARD MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 17
- JASPER NEWTON NEWBERRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 17
- ANDREW JONAH SHORT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 18
- ROGER DARRIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 19
From Crossville
- MOSES CLARK TABORStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1965
- DAVID WILLIAM HOLMESSergeant · July 19, 1966
- JACK LENN SUTTONLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- NELSON PAGE HENRYFirst Sergeant · October 28, 1967
- BERYL STANLEY BLAYLOCKStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1968
- FREDRICK ANDREW HASSLERStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1969
- JERRY BAXTER EDMONDS JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 31, 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.