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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
Description During the July-December period 1965, Marine aviators and ground commanders experimented with new helicopter tactics. One of the more innovative of these experiments occurred on the night of 12 August 1965. Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd F. Childers’ HMM-361 Squadron and Lieutenant Colonel Clement’s 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conducted their experiment, “Operation Midnight”, in an area known as Elephant Valley, a narrow river plain between some of the steepest mountains in I Corps. The operation was the first night helicopter assault in the Marine Corps history