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RICHARD GEORGE MAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – April 7, 1969
Service recordRichard George May, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 32
- JAMES JOSEPH LYNCH IIIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- THOMAS VICTOR MITCHELLSergeant · April 7, 1969
- HARRY LEO MORRIS JRLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH VASILCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 35
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.