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AVON NORRIS MALLETTE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 14, 1945 – December 19, 1970
Service recordAvon Norris Mallette, of Lucedale, Mississippi, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 132
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Lucedale, Mississippi (George County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 132
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1970
- DERALD JOE HOODPrivate First Class · December 19, 1970
- GEORGE ARTHUR KNETSARSpecialist Four · December 19, 1970
- ANTONIO OLIVAREZ ORTIZLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ARTHUR KNETSARSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 132
From Lucedale
- CARL MARCUS EUBANKSMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1967
- ADRIAN EALON HOWELLFireman · December 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ERAY HOWELLSergeant · May 7, 1970
- WARREN LYNN WOZENCRAFTCaptain · May 20, 1970
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.