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NEIL BURGESS HAYES JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1946 – May 22, 1970
Service recordNeil Burgess Hayes JR, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 80
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- PEDRO HERRINGStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- JONNY HINESSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
- JIM HENRY HOLMESSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WILLIAM BIGELOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 78
- THOMAS HARRY MOLESSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 82
- GARY RUEL MOWERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 82
From Grosse Pointe Farms
- PETER EDWARD ODENWELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES DIONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- JAMES BRUCE YOUNGAirman First Class · November 29, 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.