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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joel Ausbin May JR.

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JOEL AUSBIN MAY JR

Major · U.S. Marine Corps

October 15, 1937 – November 14, 1969

Service record

Joel Ausbin May JR, of Roxton, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 16W · Line 75

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
Born
October 15, 1937
Home of record
Roxton, Texas (Lamar County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 14, 1969
Age
32
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

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30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.