Army Distinguished Service Medal in November 1945 for "his sustained efforts to maintain the flow of labor to factories and war industries and to expedite the supply of essential materials during a most critical period" of World War II. Retirement and later years Gen. Hayes retired from the military in January 1946. After retirement he held a number of public service, business and charitable posts. In 1946 Hayes was appointed chairman of Maryland's State Aviation Commission. Hayes was also active in a number of cancer charities. Hayes suffered a stroke on November 9, 1949 and died on November 25, 1949 at the Walter Reed hospital in Washington. See also Pearl Harbor attack Philadelphia transit strike of 1944 References External links Generals of World War II 1887 births 1949 deaths Army Black Knights men's ice hockey players United States Army generals of World War II United States Army generals Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) S People from Portage, Wisconsin Military personnel from Wisconsin United States Military Academy alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Army personnel of World War I