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ALLEN JAMES AVERY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1946 – February 14, 1966
Service recordAllen James Avery, of Sumner, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Sumner, Iowa (Bremer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 31
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- WILLIAM STUART RIESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- IRA C BOGGS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH BOYLESeaman · February 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT GARY GOGGANCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 33
- BOBBY RAY WAYMANLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 37
From Sumner
- RICHARD JAMES MEIGHANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- MYRON JEROME POOCKCaptain · July 22, 1968
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.