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GEORGE M MAYS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1946 – March 1, 1969
Service recordGeorge M Mays JR, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 6
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
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 6
- JOHN WILLIAM MASSEY JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD MAYBERRYSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- ROBERT PATRICK MENNINGERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.