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RALPH LEE AVERY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1945 – November 6, 1967
Service recordRalph Lee Avery, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 27
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 27
- ROBERT JOHN BICKELPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- CHARLES GEORGE BOWERSMITHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- PAUL FRANK BRUGMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BURNEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LESTER CARTERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 28
- JERRY L HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 30
- STEPHEN FRANKLIN JUMPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 31
- BRUCE CHARLES LEISINGPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 32
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 32
- MARTIN FREDERICK STERUDPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 36
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.