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Personal info

Full name
HAYES, Paul Thomas
Date of birth
3 May 1909
Age
36
Place of birth
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-543160
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
326th Airborne Medical Company,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 October 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 32

Immediate family

Members
George Hayes (father)
Mary (McDermott) Hayes (mother)
George Hayes (brother)
John Hayes (brother)
Marie (McDonough) Hayes (wife)
Paul T. Hayes Jr. (son)
David L. Hayes (son)
Richard M. Hayes (son)
Patricia Hayes (daughter)

More information

Capt Paul T. Hayes graduated from Ipswich High School in 1927 and Bowdoin College in 1931. He graduated from Tufts Medical College and practiced medicine as a member of the staff at Milford Hospital.

He enlisted in the Medical Corps in January 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Capt Hayes was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, 101st Airborne Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, Ipswich High School - 1927