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JAMES RUSSELL MAYES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1952 – October 29, 1970
Service recordJames Russell Mayes, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 27
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 27
- ALFRED RUSSELL MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- GARY ROBERT MCHUGHPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT MICKOLance Corporal · October 29, 1970
- DERRELL LOIAL PONDERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DERRELL LOIAL PONDERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 27
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.