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RAYMOND RALIFORD MAYS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1950 – July 7, 1971
Service recordRaymond Raliford Mays, of Okeechobee, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Okeechobee, Florida (Okeechobee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 103
- CHARLES ELBERT BEALSSpecialist Four · July 7, 1970
- PAUL RICHARD WITHROWSpecialist Four · July 6, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KNOXStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL PANQUERNESpecialist Four · July 7, 1971
From Okeechobee
- HOWARD DANIEL WEEKSSergeant · March 28, 1968
- GARY WAYNE GILLISStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1969
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
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.