May, Kenneth Blaine Jr

Kenneth Blaine May Jr. was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward based at Camp Pendleton, California. The battalion deployed to Afghanistan in early 2010.

On May 11, 2010, Sgt. May was killed in Helmand province, a volatile region in southern Afghanistan. The Department of Defense listed his death as resulting from hostile action. He was 26 years old.

May died during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In 2010, the conflict was marked by a major troop surge, with intense counterinsurgency operations focused on Taliban strongholds in provinces like Helmand.

His death was reported by the Department of Defense and recorded in the Defense Casualty Analysis System. Local media in Texas noted his passing, and his name is inscribed on the East Texas Veterans Memorial in his hometown of Kilgore.

Sgt. May was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He is remembered by his unit and community as one of the more than 1,800 U.S. service members who died in Afghanistan in 2010.

Sgt. May was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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