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MAYNARD JEWEL HUMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1940 – November 11, 1966
Service recordMaynard Jewel Humes, of Urbana, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 117 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP
- Born
- April 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Urbana, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 54
- GROVER LEE DICKSONCorporal · November 11, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- PAUL J HESS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
From Urbana
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- MAURICE ALBERT SHAFF JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
- TERRY NEIL HARDIGSergeant · January 21, 1969
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
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.