The Wall › Panel 27E › California › Gerald Frank Mayo
GERALD FRANK MAYO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1935 – October 10, 1967
Service recordGerald Frank Mayo, of Oakland, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 84
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- April 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 84
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISSpecialist Four · October 10, 1967
- LOREN LESLIE ERTELSpecialist Four · October 10, 1967
- RORY ANTONIO MADDENFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.