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WAYNE LINDSAY HAWES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1934 – January 1, 1969
Service recordWayne Lindsay Hawes served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 3, 1934
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 16
- KEVIN MICHAEL HURLEYCorporal · January 1, 1969
- ISABELO JIMENEZ-GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- CARL ALVIN JONESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- THOMAS F JOURDANAIS JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 14
- JAMES MICHAEL HALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 15
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 17
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.