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WILLIAM FRANCIS AYRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1938 – February 27, 1966
Service recordWilliam Francis Ayres, of New Gretna, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1938
- Home of record
- New Gretna, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 82
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS TERRYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1966
- FRANCIS DESALES WILLSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 83
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 84
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 84
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.