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JOHN JOSEPH AVELLA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – July 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Avella, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 3
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 3
- MANUEL V ARENAS JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- ROBERT EVERETT ASHHospitalman · July 9, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM CARRSergeant · July 9, 1968
- EDWARD W WASHINGTON JRSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 4
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 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.