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Marine Cpl Eduardo Lalo Ayala.
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Casualty Info
Home Town El Paso
Last Address El Paso
Casualty Date Nov 12, 1966
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Fort Bliss National Cemetery (VA) - Fort Bliss, Texas
Wall/Plot Coordinates 12E 058/Plot: Section D Site 2130
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Deckhouse II
From Month/Year
July / 1966
To Month/Year
August / 1966
Description Jul 7 – Aug 3; 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines and 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines and ARVN operation against the NVA 324B Division in the Cam Lo area near the DMZ.
This was in support of Operation Nathan Hale of the 1st Cavalry Division and 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division vicinity of Dong Tre and Tuy Hòa, Phú Yên Province.