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WILLIAM JOHN HAYES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – January 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Hayes, of Rockaway Beach, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockaway Beach, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 21
- ROBERT JOHN MORRISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- MICHAEL PAGALINGPrivate First Class · January 2, 1969
- MURPHY PLEASANT JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR SCARBOROUGHCorporal · January 2, 1969
From Rockaway Beach
- MIGUEL ANGEL VALENTIN JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1962
- GARY KEVE MORRISCorporal · May 20, 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.