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REED MCKINLEY MAY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1947 – August 29, 1967
Service recordReed McKinley May JR, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 64
- PETER STEVEN MARTINEZSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCMONEGAL JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · August 29, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
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.