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WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 29, 1941 – July 5, 1966
Service recordWilliam Herbert Mayhair, of Milton, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 134
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILLStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- ROBERT RUSSELL BODESergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISCorporal · July 6, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- NEIL GEORGE REUTERCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 133
From Milton
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 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.