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ERNEST MAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1944 – December 18, 1967
Service recordErnest May, of Moro, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 63 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- November 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Moro, Arkansas (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 18
- JAMES HOWARD BUSH JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
- JOSEPH MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- MARSHALL LEROY RITZPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
- GEORGE XAVIER ROCHAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
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.