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DARRELL EUGENE AYERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1937 – March 19, 1970
Service recordDarrell Eugene Ayers, of Alderwood Manor, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE RECON CO 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Alderwood Manor, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 19
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SWARTZSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
- DORRIS WAYNE TRAINERPrivate · March 18, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WISEMANSergeant · March 18, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY BRANAMPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
From Alderwood Manor
- RONALD PAGE PASCHALLSpecialist Five · April 2, 1972
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.