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ROBERT GARY HAYES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – January 10, 1969
Service recordRobert Gary Hayes, of Hiddenite, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 65
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Hiddenite, North Carolina (Alexander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 65
- RICHARD GERALD GILLHAMCorporal · January 10, 1969
- JOE EDWARD GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- JOHN LESLIE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- BERNARD GEORGE HITRO JRCorporal · January 10, 1969
From Hiddenite
- EUGENE THOMAS MEADOWSCaptain · October 13, 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.