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WAYNE NORMAN HAYES
Sergeant Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1927 – February 28, 1967
Service recordWayne Norman Hayes, of Oceanside, California, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 117
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
- Sergeant Major (SGTMAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 23, 1927
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 117
- RONALD GARY GRUMLINGCorporal · February 28, 1967
- GILBERTO LUIS GUILLEN JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- LARRY CORNELIUS HARRISPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.