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Donald C May Jr
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Name: Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr.
Age: 31
From: Richmond, Va.
Assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Incident: Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr. was killed in action while conducting convoy operations near the Euphrates River, Iraq.
Died: March 25, 2003
Age: 31
From: Richmond, Va.
Assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Incident: Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr. was killed in action while conducting convoy operations near the Euphrates River, Iraq.
Died: March 25, 2003
Donald C. May Jr. followed his parents into the military, joining the Marines the year his father, a former tank commander, died in a fishing accident.
“He was a clean-cut American boy,” said his mother, Brenda Reese May. “When he decided to go into the military, I was proud. Always scared, but proud.” He died March 25 when his tank fell off a bridge into the Euphrates River.
May took an interest in the military at an early age. His parents had both served in the Marines, and May became a Naval Sea Cadet at age 12 and, later, a police Explorer. After high school, he joined the military police and guarded Iraqi prisoners during the 1991 Gulf War. He left...
Occupation
1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Incident
Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr. was killed in action while conducting convoy operations near the Euphrates River, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Donald C May Jr
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.