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JAMES LINWOOD AVERY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1950 – March 7, 1969
Service recordJames Linwood Avery, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 62
- WILLIAM FRANK ANSELMOStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- JOHN IRA ALECKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- ALLEN RAY ARNOLDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- RAMON JAIME ARROYOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.