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AVERY MERRILL NYE III
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – March 16, 1970
Service recordAvery Merrill Nye III, of South Whitley, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- South Whitley, Indiana (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 8
- JOSEPH ELISIO ORLANDI JRCorporal · March 16, 1970
- WAYNE DONALD PEAGLERSergeant · March 16, 1970
- ROBIN ANDREW PEARCELieutenant · March 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD PRESSLERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES FERNSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 5
From South Whitley
- ROBERT WESLEY WILFONGLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- LYLE ELTON SMITHSergeant · February 19, 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.