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CLOVIS LEE MAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1944 – May 22, 1969
Service recordClovis Lee May, of Deming, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 77
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Deming, New Mexico (Luna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 77
- DONALD LEE JUSTICEPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH KIEWLEN JRSergeant · May 22, 1969
- ROBERT EMMETT LAYMAN JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1969
- GEORGE OTHEL MAYOGunnery Sergeant · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WILSON CONNERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 74
- ULYSSES C HASSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 75
From Deming
- STEVE GONZALES DURANHospitalman · August 18, 1965
- JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLOGunnery Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · October 14, 1967
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- SAMUEL JOHN NUNNPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- VICTOR MUNOZ ROMANSpecialist Four · June 28, 1969
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1970
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.