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MICHAEL MCKENZIE MAYE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – September 6, 1969
Service recordMichael McKenzie Maye, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 48
- LESTER HAROLD LEOPOLDCorporal · September 6, 1969
- JOHN EARL LOGESSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- DANIEL MICHAEL LYNCHLance Corporal · September 6, 1969
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST AHLSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 45
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 45
- LESTER HAROLD LEOPOLDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 48
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 48
- CHARLES RAY MOORESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 49
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.