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JIMMY GENE MAYFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1942 – September 3, 1967
Service recordJimmy Gene Mayfield, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 93
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- HERBERT WILLIAM MOORE JRMajor · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARENCE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SALVOSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOB JACK GOODWINCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 90
- ROBERT EUGENE BROWNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 91
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.