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THOMAS MONROE MAYS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1934 – December 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Monroe Mays, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 79
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 168 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 79
- KENNETH BRUCE MEADORPrivate · December 21, 1969
- WAYNE D MORGANLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1969
- DAVID LYNN RECKPetty Officer Second Class · December 21, 1969
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.