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JAREL WAYNE AYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1945 – December 31, 1966
Service recordJarel Wayne Ayers, of Lamar, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Lamar, Missouri (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 103
- EDWARD IRWIN STARRCaptain · December 30, 1966
- WILLIE WALKERSpecialist Four · December 30, 1966
- ZACKRIE BROOKINS JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
From Lamar
- GERRY WAYNE LAWSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT SEATONStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1968
- CORDIS RAY WHITESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · June 11, 1970
- HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.