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DENNIS MICHAEL AYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – December 22, 1968
Service recordDennis Michael Ayers, of East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 60
- LEONARD WEBB JRSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES WISSELLCaptain · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORTHINGTONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- JUSTIN KENNETH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
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.