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DANNY R AYERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – September 14, 1968
Service recordDanny R Ayers, of Homestead, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 55
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 87 INF USARV
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Homestead, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 55
- KEITH LINCOLN WAREMajor General · September 13, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM WELCHPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE WILKSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
From Homestead
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS TERRYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- WILLIE DONALD JONESSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- BRIAN RANDALL FREDRICKCorporal · January 12, 1969
- CHARLES CRAIG VICKREYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
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.