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ALBERT BOYD AYRES
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1932 – February 24, 1967
Service recordAlbert Boyd Ayres, of Glens Falls, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 81
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- January 6, 1932
- Home of record
- Glens Falls, New York (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 81
- EARLEY JOSEPH MESSERCorporal · February 23, 1967
- PATRICK JOSEPH MICHAELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- LANDON CLAIR RAYStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1967
- FRANK RICHARD SILLSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- RANDALL EDWARD WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1967
From Glens Falls
- JAMES JOHN BATESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PEZZULOCorporal · March 21, 1967
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD COLOTTISpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WARREN VANTASSELLCorporal · July 5, 1968
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- MICHAEL DIMITRI BALAMOTIMajor · November 24, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.