REMEMBERING THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY FALLEN
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Dwight Hayes

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Date of birth: 21 August 1951
Date tour began: 11 September 1969
Date of casualty: 6 February 1970
Home of record: Oregon City, Oregon
Branch and Rank: Army, Sergeant
Unit: Ii Field Force Vietnam, 29th Artillery, I Battery
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal
Location of name on the Vietnam Wall: 14W, 107
 
Location of service: South Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy province
Non-Hostile Died of Illness or Injury, Accidental Self-Destruction, Ground Casualty.
 
Burial location: Lane Memorial Gardens, Eugene, Oregon
Memorials: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, DC), Oregon Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Portland), Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland)
 
 
This tribute was originally posted here: http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/22094/DWIGHT-HAYES
 
Thank you
Dear Sgt. Hayes, 
I write to thank you for your service to our country. Unfortunately, you lost your life on the day I was born. Thus, I hope I live my life in a way that honors your sacrifice.

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