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AVEY PRESLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1950 – March 25, 1969
Service recordAvey Presley, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 39
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)
- Born
- April 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 39
- GENE ORVILLE BLOSKYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- DARREL GENE NAPIERCorporal · March 25, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL ORBINOSergeant · March 25, 1969
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
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.