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JOE LYNN AVANT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – March 14, 1971
Service recordJoe Lynn Avant, of Water Valley, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Water Valley, Mississippi (Yalobusha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 45
- JAMES STEVEN MCGOUGHSpecialist Four · February 8, 1971
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- ALVIN ADIKAI JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
- ROCCO DIPHILLIPOSergeant · March 14, 1971
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 45
- JAMES BYRD FOSTER JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 46
- WILLIAM LEE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 46
- CLIFFORD ROY OSTERHOUDTSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 47
- STEPHEN RAY PHELIXPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 47
- HARRY GORDON PRINCE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 47
From Water Valley
- EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- EVERETTE EARL COFERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 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.