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WILLARD FAYETTE HAYES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 18, 1939 – February 28, 1968
Service recordWillard Fayette Hayes, of Bandy, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 66
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Bandy, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 66
- RONALD CHRISTY GOODIRONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE HARRISPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- THOMAS GERALD HAZELWOODSergeant · February 28, 1968
- THOMAS LEON HERDSergeant · February 28, 1968
From Bandy
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS BANDYStaff Sergeant · December 14, 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.