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DON WAYNE AVERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – August 9, 1970
Service recordDon Wayne Avery, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 96
- DANIEL STEVEN WALKOCorporal · August 8, 1970
- WAYNE EMERICK WALSH JRCorporal · August 8, 1970
- PONDEXTUER E WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- KIRK OWEN BARKLEYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILBERT JASPER JONES JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 97
- JOHN HENRY LIGHTSEYCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 98
- ANTHONY VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 98
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.