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JAMES HENRY AYRES
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
June 30, 1937 – January 3, 1971
Service recordJames Henry Ayres, of Pampa, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 3, 1971, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 34 TFS KORAT AB
- Born
- June 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Pampa, Texas (Gray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 21
- ROBERT ALLEN HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1971
- FRANK JOSEPH LUKITSCH JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1971
- RAMON AURELIO SERVERA-BAEZStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1971
- HARVEY GERALD SOKOLOFSergeant · January 2, 1971
From Pampa
- JUDSON ARTHUR WELLS JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · January 6, 1968
- RICKEY JOE MARSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- NORMAN GLENN GAGEChief Petty Officer · February 23, 1970
- DAVID PAUL ROYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
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.