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ROBERT BRADFORD HAYS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – July 21, 1970
Service recordRobert Bradford Hays, of Weslaco, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Weslaco, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 37
- LEON DUGAN WITHERSPOONPetty Officer Third Class · July 20, 1970
- FRANK LOUIS ASHERCorporal · July 21, 1970
- ROBERTO C FLORESSergeant · July 21, 1970
- FREDERICK DAVID GREENESergeant · July 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LOUIS ASHERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 37
- ROBERTO C FLORESSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 37
- FREDERICK DAVID GREENESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 37
- PETER PAUL HUKCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 38
- DAVID EARL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- JAMES ROBERT KALSUFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- FRANCIS EDWARD MAUNECorporal · Panel 8W, Line 39
- RONALD JAMES SCHULTZSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 39
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 39
From Weslaco
- JAMES CALVIN CASTONCaptain · August 10, 1965
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- JAVIER BECERRALance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- JOSE ANTONIO ROSASStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- JOE DANIEL DUNNStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- RUBEN RIVERALance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1972
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.