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MARVIN LACY MAYO
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 24, 1947 – March 26, 1968
Service recordMarvin Lacy Mayo, of College Park, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1947
- Home of record
- College Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 37
- ROGER MARK LINKPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE LOMAXSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT J PIATKOWSKICorporal · Panel 46E, Line 29
- RAYMOND FRANK SCHOPMANNCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 41
From College Park
- JOHNNY F LONGWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 1968
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.