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WILLIAM CALVIN AVERY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1946 – October 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam Calvin Avery, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 35
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
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 35
- ALEX LEON MCLEANLance Corporal · October 3, 1969
- RALPH DONALD RABERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1969
- RICHARD BRUCE CANNINGStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM LARREMOREPetty Officer Second Class · October 4, 1969
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.