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JAMES WESTLEY AYERS
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1934 – May 26, 1967
Service recordJames Westley Ayers, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 110
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Officer (I) (2502)
- Born
- October 31, 1934
- Home of record
- Moncks Corner, South Carolina (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 110
- GEORGE DEWEY BENNETTSpecialist Five · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BRESNAHAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- THOMAS RAYMOND BURNSLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- DOMENICO CACCIOLASpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
From Moncks Corner
- JACOB JOHNSONLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- WILLIAM GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 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.