SPC4 Christine L. Mayes Memorial - Indiana, Pennsylvania
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A small plaque fastened to a steel bench memorializing SPC4 Christine L. Mayes who was killed in action while serving in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War.
Waymark Code: WM156WE
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2021
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Plaque Reads:
In Memory Of
SPC4 Christine L. Mayes
Gulf War(Saudi Arabia) KIA
25 Feb 1991 " Christine Mayes was a specialist in the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, an Army Reserve water purification unit based in Greensburg. She died when a SCUD missile leveled their barracks in Dharan, Saudi Arabia. Twenty six other soldiers were killed in the attack, and 89 were injured.
Christine was a business student at Indiana University's Punxsutawney campus when she was activated to support Operation Desert Shield. She previously served three years in the Army as a kitchen worker in Germany.
Christine got engaged the day she left for the war and gave her ring to her fiance for safekeeping." Link
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Type of memorial: Plaque
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