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WILLIAM BRIAN HAYS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1948 – November 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Brian Hays, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 12
- WILLIAM E GROVESSergeant · November 30, 1967
- GARY LEE GROWLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
- STERLING M JONES JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- EMILE COLEStaff Sergeant · January 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.