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Master Sergeant James B. May II was the son of Sam D. and Jane May of Jonesborough. He was born in Johnson City on May 23, 1950 and was educated in his hometown of Jonesborough. He was graduated with the Class of 1968 at Jonesborough High School.

May joined the Air Force under the delayed enlistments program and left right out of high school. He had served with the Air Force from 1968-1991. He had been stationed with the 33rd Fighter Wing and the 51st Fighter Wing at bases in Tampa, Florida, Ubon, Thailand, Zaragoza, Spain, and Eglin Air Force Base in Galveston, Texas. May was last stationed at Hurlburt Field in Galveston from 1979-1991 with the 16th Special Operations Squadron. He was married to Master Sergeant Christina L. May, also in the Air Force, and had a son, Scott, and a daughter, April, all of Fort Walton, Florida.

May was a gunner aboard an AC-130 Spectre gunship and was mobilized to the Persian Gulf to participate in Operation Desert Storm. The gunship would seek out enemy targets and neutralize them or direct other aircraft to the enemy location. On January 31, 1991, the Spirit 03 gunship was providing support for ground forces defending the town of Khafji from Iraqi Armor and ground troops.

Full bio: https://etvma.org/veterans/james-b-may-ii-12175/
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JAMES BLAINE MAY II

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