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AUBREY REID MAYS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1946 – May 23, 1969
Service recordAubrey Reid Mays, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 87
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 87
- LOUIS BRUNSONStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- RUDOLPH GEORGE MACHATAStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- GENE LAMAR WAREPetty Officer Second Class · May 23, 1969
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
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.