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HARRY LEROY MAYES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1943 – September 25, 1968
Service recordHarry Leroy Mayes, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 16, 1943
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 12
- DONNELL HOWARDLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · September 25, 1968
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN LOEHLEIN JRCorporal · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HERSCHELL PALMERSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 13
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.