Wayne Lindsay Hawes was born on September 3, 1934, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. At the time of his death, he was serving as an SP4 in the RT Diamondback, CCN, MACV-SOG, 5th SF Group, USARV. He was Killed in Action on January 1, 1969, in Vietnam.

From army.togetherweserved.com:
0l Jan 69; James M Hall, SSGT E-6; Wayne L Hawes, SP/4, and Michael J McKibban, E-6, CCN-KIA. "The following is a bit fuzzy and could be wrong, but here's what I THINK happened. The helicopter was in the air, en route to the PZ. They were in radio contact with the team when they heard a scream, then silence. When they got there, they found the bodies of the Americans in the PZ and recovered them. A search of the area found the scattered, terrified SCU. The SCU said the Americans let their guard down at the last minute because the aircraft were inbound. The SCU said they tried to warn the Americans, but to no avail. Therefore, the SCU pulled back from the Americans to establish a defense, when the NVA (who had apparently been following them) popped up out of the grass/brush and opened fire, killing the Americans." An investigation was conducted because "the Americans were found dead in the PZ and the SCU were picked up from different locations in the vicinity of the PZ, We were suspicious of the SCU because none of them were hurt. The SCU were kept isolated from each other and interrogated at length. Their stories were pretty much the same. The following is what appears to happen as best as we could piece it together - The mission went well and the team was in the PZ. All the Americans were killed, An autopsy showed that the slugs were from AK47's-not M-16's like the SCU was carrying. (Col. Randy Givens)