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ROBERT OLAN MAYHEW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1945 – February 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Olan Mayhew, of Elk Garden, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Elk Garden, West Virginia (Mineral County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 87
- VICTOR REID LANDESFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1969
- JAMES BRUCE MCKNIGHTCorporal · February 8, 1969
- STEVEN HAROLD NIPPCorporal · February 8, 1969
- HENRY LEE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARRELL DEBOARDPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 84
- LAWRENCE CHESTER HAWLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 85
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 86
- JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 90
From Elk Garden
- THOMAS LAWRENCE DUNITHANSergeant · June 6, 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.