Name: Army Pfc. Michael R. Hayes Age: 29 From: Morgantown, Ky. Assigned to the 617th Military Police Company, Kentucky Army National Guard, Richmond, Ky. Incident: Army Pfc. Michael R. Hayes was killed June 14 when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his Humvee while he was providing security cordon for an improvised explosive device found earlier in Baghdad. Died:
June
14, 2005 Kentucky Guardsman killed in Iraq attack
By Joe Biesk
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky Guardsman was killed in Iraq this week during a rocket-propelled grenade attack, the National Guard said Thursday.
Spc. Michael Ray Hayes, 29, of Morgantown, was with a group of Guardsmen providing security around a possible improvised explosive device near Baghdad on Tuesday when they were attacked, Brig. Gen. Norman Arflack said. Four other soldiers were injured in the blast but were treated and returned to duty. The exact location of the attack was uncertain, said Arflack, Kentucky’s deputy adjutant general.
“The loss of Specialist Hayes reminds us that we’re involved in a serious business,” Arflack told reporters at a...
Prayers & Condolences For: Michael R Hayes BY Anonymous on Nov 14, 2007
Michael you will never be forgoten for what you have given , you lost your life so that others would not have too and for that i thank you , my God hold your famile close to him in this time and serve God well in his army now and say hi to SPC Rush M Jenkins he join yoiu in Gods army on Oct 30th we will see you both sooner then we all think . Till then we will forever remeber you