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GARY WAYNE MAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1948 – January 26, 1969
Service recordGary Wayne May, of Neosho, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 86
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
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Neosho, Missouri (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34W, Line 86
- RICHARD MARC LUBINHospitalman · January 26, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN MEYERFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- MICHAEL RONALD MICHELSFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- WILLIAM RICHARD MOHRHAUSERSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
From Neosho
- JOHN CLAYTON WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE PATTONSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- TERRY LESTER ZUMALTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
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.