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THOMAS EARL HAYS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 12, 1948 – May 30, 1969
Service recordThomas Earl Hays, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 21
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 21
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · May 30, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE HARGISSpecialist Five · May 30, 1969
- FREDERICK PETER JOHNSON JRSergeant · May 30, 1969
- LOUIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK PETER JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 21
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.