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THOMAS HAYES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – December 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Hayes, of Shiprock, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 81
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Shiprock, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 81
- THOMAS LAMAR LEWISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- FAGATOELE LOKENILance Corporal · December 27, 1968
- WILLIAM ELBERT MAXWELLLance Corporal · December 27, 1968
- STEVEN DOUGLAS WILKERSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1968
From Shiprock
- CALVIN DAVID LARGOSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- WAYNE MUSKETTLance Corporal · August 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.