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GEORGE HERMAN AYALA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1950 – October 28, 1969
Service recordGeorge Herman Ayala, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 125
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 125
- RALPH MACK SMITHCorporal · October 27, 1969
- CLARKE KEMBLE VICKREYPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- JAMES ALAN WILKSSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BARNICKSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EVERETT BOXLERPrivate · Panel 17W, Line 126
- TERRENCE CHARLES CONNOLLYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 126
- BILLY WAYNE DENLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 127
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 128
- FERMAN BOBBY HODGESChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 17W, Line 128
- RALPH DULANE TADEVICWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 129
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 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.