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ALFRED BYRON MAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1943 – January 29, 1967
Service recordAlfred Byron May, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 95
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 95
- WILLIAM RICHARD DUMASPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- LYNN LEROY MILESSergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROBERT PATRICK RUMLEY JRCaptain · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 96
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.