Mays, Carl Sherrell
Army Specialist 5

Carl Sherrell Mays, age 32, from Mississippi County Bertrand, Missouri .

Parents: William Mays
Children: Two daughters

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, February 7, 1966
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam, killed when a hand grenade exploded after it was accidentally dropped in his fishing boat.
Cemetery: Memorial Park in Sikeston

Source: National Archives, Enterprise Courier (1966)