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JOHN ALBERT MAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1939 – November 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Albert May, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 11
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1939
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 11
- DAVIS ALLEN JONESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPPLieutenant (junior grade) · November 2, 1967
- GERALD KROPIDLOWSKILance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.