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JESSE STEPHEN AYRES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – June 16, 1968
Service recordJesse Stephen Ayres, of Silsbee, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Silsbee, Texas (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 34
- ALOYSIUS F SPICZKA JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- LEEVERNE RICHARD ACHOEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- BILLY STANLEY ARMSTRONGPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEEVERNE RICHARD ACHOEPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- ALAN RAY DUKECorporal · Panel 56W, Line 2
- NED TURNER DYBVIGStaff Sergeant · Panel 56W, Line 2
- CARL WAYNE HOLLERCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 4
- PAUL LOUIS JOYNERCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 4
- FREDDIE LEE MCNEILCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 6
- MICHIEL DAVID MURRAYCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 6
- STEPHEN BOYD OWENCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 7
- CHARLES V VASQUEZ JRCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 10
From Silsbee
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HARRY WILLIAM MARTINSenior Master Sergeant · April 10, 1967
- EDDIE LYNN LANCASTERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · May 7, 1968
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 1968
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 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.