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WILLIE JAMES HAYES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – January 2, 1970
Service recordWillie James Hayes, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 119
- RAUL GARCIA JRCorporal · January 2, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- ROGER WENDELL KVERNESLieutenant Colonel · January 2, 1970
- RONNIE GEORGE LINDSTROMCaptain · January 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BARNEY MCCOY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 120
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 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.