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JOHN ADAMS AVERA
Major · U.S. Army
October 4, 1935 – April 9, 1970
Service recordJohn Adams Avera, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 4, 1935
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 113
- CHRISTOPHER JACOBSLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- RALPH MATTHEW JENERSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN KAUFFMANSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
- JOHN ANDREW KITRILAKISFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROWNSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 111
- JAMES COONEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 112
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.