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WAYNE MICHAEL HAYES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1943 – July 6, 1967
Service recordWayne Michael Hayes, of Menomonie, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Officer (I) (1802)
- Born
- August 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Menomonie, Wisconsin (Dunn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 18
- ROLAND DENNIS DUMONDPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- VERNE MILTON GREELEYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
From Menomonie
- FREDERIC CLARENCE STYERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- JOHN ROY HULBERTPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JOHN LEON ABRAMSLieutenant · July 13, 1968
- PAUL DAVID DERBYCaptain · November 17, 1968
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.