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RICHARD EDWARD HAYES
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – November 26, 1967
Service recordRichard Edward Hayes, of Bryans Road, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Bryans Road, Maryland (Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 90
- HAROLD ARTHUR DOMANPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- PAUL MICHAEL DUMINPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY LEE FRYEPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT HUGH HORTONCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 91
From Bryans Road
- JOSEPH KENNETH CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
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.