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RAYMOND ALLEN MAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1936 – January 9, 1970
Service recordRaymond Allen May, of Malden, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 5, 1936
- Home of record
- Malden, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 20
- DENNIS LEE PEEKFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1970
- DANNY JOHN PETERSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- RICARDO SERENILPrivate First Class · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 16
- ALFRED FLOYD HALLSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 18
From Malden
- DAVID LEE VARVELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1965
- BRUCE ANTHONY NELSONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOLTZHOUSERSergeant · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS BLAKESergeant · July 29, 1969
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1972
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.