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THOMAS CURTIS MAYS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – November 25, 1967
Service recordThomas Curtis Mays, of Hamtramck, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 87
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamtramck, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 87
- ROBERT ANDREW VANPATTENFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- JOHN BAXTER ALLENCorporal · November 26, 1967
- FRANK LEROY ALLRED JRHospitalman · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 83
From Hamtramck
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KUCWAYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · March 11, 1969
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JAMES ROGERS KINGPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
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.