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JOHN WILLIAM AVELLEYRA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1948 – May 28, 1967
Service recordJohn William Avelleyra, of Mount Rainier, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Mount Rainier, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 3
- WALTER LEE BABBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- RICHARD BROWNSergeant · May 28, 1967
- DONALD LEONARD CRANESergeant · May 28, 1967
- CANDIDO SERRANO-GIRALLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
From Mount Rainier
- JOAQUIN CASTROSergeant First Class · February 18, 1968
- LOUIS PAYNE SRStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1971
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.