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RAYMOND MAYS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1949 – February 17, 1970
Service recordRaymond Mays, of Jasper, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Jasper, Texas (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 24
- HERBERT LYNN MARSHSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- RONALD LEE MEANSCorporal · February 17, 1970
- GEORGE GROVER MITCHELLCorporal · February 17, 1970
- JOHN LOUIS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LINWOOD CORDLESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 22
From Jasper
- JUDD WAYNE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
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.