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CARL BRACY AYERS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – August 29, 1969
Service recordCarl Bracy Ayers JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 5
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 5
- CLAIR CLARENCE H SAINT JRCorporal · August 28, 1969
- CHARLIE SIMMONS JRCorporal · August 28, 1969
- ALVIN WAYNE STALLCUPSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- WILLIAM T CHAFFIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.