HAYES, Rufus

Rank:

Fireman Second Class

Service Branch:

U.S. Navy

Serial Number:

575 25 42

Division:

Ship:

U.S.S. Chase (APD 54)

Company:

Battalion:

Function:

Status:

Drowned, body not recovered

Date of death:

May 10, 1945

Place of death:

Feitabul Island, Ulithi Atoll

Age at death:

Awards:

Burial 1:

Burial 2:

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Philippines

Grave number:

Tablets of the Missing

Cenotaph:

Born:

Hometown:

Dillon County, South Carolina

Family:

Parents:
Bennie Odell Hayes


Spouse:


Children:


Siblings:

Additional information:

NOK: Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Odell Hayes, Rt. 2, Dillon

Research by: Victoria Proctor, genealogist

Sources: Dillon War Memorial, NARA, American Battle Monuments Commission

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