Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 22-Apr-1943
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Marital status: Married to Sue I. Hayes
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 8-Jul-1967
Incident date: 26-Sep-1967
Date of casualty: 26-Sep-1967
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Johnny Vance Hayes died as the result of severe metal fragment wound received when he was hit by hostile claymore mine fragments while on patrol.
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Cahaba Heights Baptist Church Cemetery, Vestavia Hills, Alabama, USA
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