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)