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OSCAR CLEMENT MAYER III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 22, 1949 – June 4, 1969
Service recordOscar Clement Mayer III, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 65
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Lititz, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 65
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE JENNINGSSergeant · June 4, 1969
- CHARLES LEWIS KINGSpecialist Five · June 4, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT KUMMINGSCaptain · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK DALE FINCHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 63
- JAMES ALBERT KUMMINGSCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 65
- MICHAEL DENTIS TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 68
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZAPPINI JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 69
From Lititz
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · August 17, 1969
- MELVIN RALPH WINKSergeant · June 1, 1970
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.