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GEORGE BERNARD AYERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1945 – April 24, 1968
Service recordGeorge Bernard Ayers, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 44
- JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES BRADYLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- DAVID JOE CABALLEROCorporal · April 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN COXSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- WAYNE BENJAMIN WOLFKEILColonel · August 9, 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.