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JOHN MAYO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1945 – November 14, 1966
Service recordJohn Mayo, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 71
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- NELSON F PULSIFER JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS REEDSpecialist Four · November 14, 1966
- JIMMIE TUCHCorporal · November 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · Panel 12E, Line 70
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.