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GEORGE OTHEL MAYO
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1938 – May 22, 1969
Service recordGeorge Othel Mayo, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- September 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · May 22, 1969
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 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.