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QUENTIN HAYES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1945 – May 9, 1968
Service recordQuentin Hayes, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 23
- ROBERT EARL HARRISCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LAMONTE VAN HORSLEYCorporal · May 9, 1968
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · May 9, 1968
- EVERETT SORRELL JONESStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- ROBERT LEROY COLESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- PHILLIP LANS LACKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- THOMAS ARNOLD SINGLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 33
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.