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WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – June 5, 1969
Service recordWilliam Herschel Ayers, of Toccoa, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Toccoa, Georgia (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 69
- FREDERICK ALFRED VERRYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- WILLIAM MARTIN WELLMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1969
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZAPPINI JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
- RONALD RAY BAKERSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 70
- KEVIN ROBERT CROWEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 71
- JOHN WILLIAM HORANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 75
- LAWRENCE PATRICK MULVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 77
From Toccoa
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · January 20, 1970
- JACKY LEE DRURYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
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.