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LARRY WAYNE MAYSEY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 18, 1946 – November 9, 1967
Service recordLarry Wayne Maysey, of Chester, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 9, 1967, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ
- Born
- May 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Chester, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 60
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- LARRY VANN LYLELance Corporal · November 9, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
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.