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TRISTAN WHITNEY HAYES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – September 17, 1968
Service recordTristan Whitney Hayes, of Williamstown, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Williamstown, Massachusetts (Berkshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 15
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- WILLIE CHARLES HARDYCorporal · September 17, 1968
- RAY ALLEN HAYESSergeant · September 17, 1968
- RAYMOND JOHN MAZYCK JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
From Williamstown
- FRANCIS HENRY BISSAILLONCaptain · October 4, 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.