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DOUGLAS EDWARD AYERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1949 – March 24, 1971
Service recordDouglas Edward Ayers, of Plainville, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 72
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Plainville, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 72
- MANASSEH BROCK WARRENCorporal · March 23, 1971
- CURTIS DEAN BAUERSergeant · March 24, 1971
- HARRY MEDFOR BECKWITH IIISergeant · March 24, 1971
- DAVID LANGSTON COKER JRCaptain · March 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN EDWARD PICHONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 73
- BERNARDO KEALOHA RAMOSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 75
From Plainville
- DONALD FREDERICK STURGEONSpecialist Four · October 28, 1968
- CLAYTON PLOURDESpecialist Four · October 1, 1971
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.