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ROBERT GRESHAM MAYES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1940 – May 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Gresham Mayes, of Hopewell, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 54 INF 97 MP BN 18 MP BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Hopewell, Virginia (Hopewell (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 63
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JAMES MAYS JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS MCCUELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JIMMY EDWARD PAGELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
From Hopewell
- ROBERT LEE LEWISSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- TERRY PAUL PIERCEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHANEYCorporal · January 1, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD DRAPERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- NATHANIEL IRVINGPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.