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Marine PFC Allen James Avery.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Sumner
Last Address Sumner
Casualty Date Feb 14, 1966
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Union Mound Cemetery - Sumner, Iowa
Vietnam War/Defense Campaign (1965)/Operation Blast Out
From Month/Year
August / 1965
To Month/Year
August / 1965
Description Aug 2 -3; 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines and ARVN 4th Regiment first search and clear operation in Cam Ne village. The operation was filmed by a CBS news crew who showed the Marines setting fire to Vietnamese huts with their Zippo lighters, 16 km southwest of Da Nang, Quảng Nam Province.
