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ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordAlvis Ray Faverty JR, of Alliance, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 41
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Alliance, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 41
- NORMAN LEE EVERSGERDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GERALD MARION GISCHERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH GRIFFINPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- WILLIAM ALFRED HADSOCKPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JOHN BEGOSHSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 37
- JAMES DOYLE EISENHOURWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 40
From Alliance
- LEE CELIN WAGNER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- LARRY LAMARR DEANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ANGELO MANGINOStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES WAHLSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · February 20, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
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.