Burial location unknown at this time.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery from Warren, Ohio lost his life at the age of 23 on February 27, 1969.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery was born on October 29, 1945 and had 3 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on June 05, 1968 assigned to Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1500), Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On February 27, 1969, enemy rockets were lobbed at the Da Nang bridge loading ramp, destroying Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1500 and YFU-78, a harbor utility craft. LCU-1500 received a direct hit by a rocket of unknown size. Ammunition on the LCU-1500 was detonated and an explosion occurred with fire spreading to the nearby YFU-78. The attack probably would have caused few casualties except for the lucky hit on LCU-1500, which was fully laden with munitions for transport to Dong Ha in Quang Tri Province. It was mostly the secondary explosions and fires which killed the 22 sailors aboard LCU-1500, YFU-78 and Naval Support Activity Da Nang. Another craft, LCU-1614, sustained minor damage by shrapnel. With the exception of one man from the LCU-1500, all aboard both boats were killed. Total U.S. Navy personnel casualties were reported at 22 Navy men killed and 38 wounded.
The 22 men listed below during were killed in the attack:
LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang (12-KIA)
BMC Donald Jay Fisher, EN1 Bert Ellis Burton, EM1 Cecil Floyd Bush, CS2 Marvin Douglas Avery, RM2 David William Hawryshko, GMG3 Ronald Jackson Gebbie, BM3 Donald Mullaly Horton, BM3 Ronald Peter Yuhas, FN Joseph Frank Burinda Jr., SN Bruno Walter Demata, FN Charles Albert Tavares, and SA Craig Everett Swagler.
YFU-78, Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang (7-KIA)
EN1 Earl Thomas Moore Jr., QM1 Milton Shapiro, CS2 Charlie Melvin Ellison, EM2 Lyle David Zacher, QM3 Earnest Jack Buckelew, BM3 Daniel Lee Overright, and SN Melvin Lewis Sellers.
Supply Operations, Naval Support Activity Danang (3-KIA)
BM1 Manuel Martinez, SN Thomas Edward Adams, and SN Theodore Spencer Hamner III.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery was one of the 12 men killed from LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1. He was killed in action and died from multiple fragmentation wounds.
CS2 - E5 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Jun 5, 1968
Casualty was on Feb 27, 1969
In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery from Warren, Ohio lost his life at the age of 23 on February 27, 1969.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery was born on October 29, 1945 and had 3 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on June 05, 1968 assigned to Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1500), Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On February 27, 1969, enemy rockets were lobbed at the Da Nang bridge loading ramp, destroying Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1500 and YFU-78, a harbor utility craft. LCU-1500 received a direct hit by a rocket of unknown size. Ammunition on the LCU-1500 was detonated and an explosion occurred with fire spreading to the nearby YFU-78. The attack probably would have caused few casualties except for the lucky hit on LCU-1500, which was fully laden with munitions for transport to Dong Ha in Quang Tri Province. It was mostly the secondary explosions and fires which killed the 22 sailors aboard LCU-1500, YFU-78 and Naval Support Activity Da Nang. Another craft, LCU-1614, sustained minor damage by shrapnel. With the exception of one man from the LCU-1500, all aboard both boats were killed. Total U.S. Navy personnel casualties were reported at 22 Navy men killed and 38 wounded.
The 22 men listed below during were killed in the attack:
LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang (12-KIA)
BMC Donald Jay Fisher, EN1 Bert Ellis Burton, EM1 Cecil Floyd Bush, CS2 Marvin Douglas Avery, RM2 David William Hawryshko, GMG3 Ronald Jackson Gebbie, BM3 Donald Mullaly Horton, BM3 Ronald Peter Yuhas, FN Joseph Frank Burinda Jr., SN Bruno Walter Demata, FN Charles Albert Tavares, and SA Craig Everett Swagler.
YFU-78, Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang (7-KIA)
EN1 Earl Thomas Moore Jr., QM1 Milton Shapiro, CS2 Charlie Melvin Ellison, EM2 Lyle David Zacher, QM3 Earnest Jack Buckelew, BM3 Daniel Lee Overright, and SN Melvin Lewis Sellers.
Supply Operations, Naval Support Activity Danang (3-KIA)
BM1 Manuel Martinez, SN Thomas Edward Adams, and SN Theodore Spencer Hamner III.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery was one of the 12 men killed from LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1. He was killed in action and died from multiple fragmentation wounds.
CS2 - E5 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Jun 5, 1968
Casualty was on Feb 27, 1969
In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered
Burial location unknown at this time.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery from Warren, Ohio lost his life at the age of 23 on February 27, 1969.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery was born on October 29, 1945 and had 3 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on June 05, 1968 assigned to Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1500), Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On February 27, 1969, enemy rockets were lobbed at the Da Nang bridge loading ramp, destroying Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1500 and YFU-78, a harbor utility craft. LCU-1500 received a direct hit by a rocket of unknown size. Ammunition on the LCU-1500 was detonated and an explosion occurred with fire spreading to the nearby YFU-78. The attack probably would have caused few casualties except for the lucky hit on LCU-1500, which was fully laden with munitions for transport to Dong Ha in Quang Tri Province. It was mostly the secondary explosions and fires which killed the 22 sailors aboard LCU-1500, YFU-78 and Naval Support Activity Da Nang. Another craft, LCU-1614, sustained minor damage by shrapnel. With the exception of one man from the LCU-1500, all aboard both boats were killed. Total U.S. Navy personnel casualties were reported at 22 Navy men killed and 38 wounded.
The 22 men listed below during were killed in the attack:
LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang (12-KIA)
BMC Donald Jay Fisher, EN1 Bert Ellis Burton, EM1 Cecil Floyd Bush, CS2 Marvin Douglas Avery, RM2 David William Hawryshko, GMG3 Ronald Jackson Gebbie, BM3 Donald Mullaly Horton, BM3 Ronald Peter Yuhas, FN Joseph Frank Burinda Jr., SN Bruno Walter Demata, FN Charles Albert Tavares, and SA Craig Everett Swagler.
YFU-78, Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang (7-KIA)
EN1 Earl Thomas Moore Jr., QM1 Milton Shapiro, CS2 Charlie Melvin Ellison, EM2 Lyle David Zacher, QM3 Earnest Jack Buckelew, BM3 Daniel Lee Overright, and SN Melvin Lewis Sellers.
Supply Operations, Naval Support Activity Danang (3-KIA)
BM1 Manuel Martinez, SN Thomas Edward Adams, and SN Theodore Spencer Hamner III.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery was one of the 12 men killed from LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1. He was killed in action and died from multiple fragmentation wounds.
CS2 - E5 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Jun 5, 1968
Casualty was on Feb 27, 1969
In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery from Warren, Ohio lost his life at the age of 23 on February 27, 1969.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery was born on October 29, 1945 and had 3 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on June 05, 1968 assigned to Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1500), Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On February 27, 1969, enemy rockets were lobbed at the Da Nang bridge loading ramp, destroying Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1500 and YFU-78, a harbor utility craft. LCU-1500 received a direct hit by a rocket of unknown size. Ammunition on the LCU-1500 was detonated and an explosion occurred with fire spreading to the nearby YFU-78. The attack probably would have caused few casualties except for the lucky hit on LCU-1500, which was fully laden with munitions for transport to Dong Ha in Quang Tri Province. It was mostly the secondary explosions and fires which killed the 22 sailors aboard LCU-1500, YFU-78 and Naval Support Activity Da Nang. Another craft, LCU-1614, sustained minor damage by shrapnel. With the exception of one man from the LCU-1500, all aboard both boats were killed. Total U.S. Navy personnel casualties were reported at 22 Navy men killed and 38 wounded.
The 22 men listed below during were killed in the attack:
LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang (12-KIA)
BMC Donald Jay Fisher, EN1 Bert Ellis Burton, EM1 Cecil Floyd Bush, CS2 Marvin Douglas Avery, RM2 David William Hawryshko, GMG3 Ronald Jackson Gebbie, BM3 Donald Mullaly Horton, BM3 Ronald Peter Yuhas, FN Joseph Frank Burinda Jr., SN Bruno Walter Demata, FN Charles Albert Tavares, and SA Craig Everett Swagler.
YFU-78, Assault Craft Unit 1, Naval Support Activity Danang (7-KIA)
EN1 Earl Thomas Moore Jr., QM1 Milton Shapiro, CS2 Charlie Melvin Ellison, EM2 Lyle David Zacher, QM3 Earnest Jack Buckelew, BM3 Daniel Lee Overright, and SN Melvin Lewis Sellers.
Supply Operations, Naval Support Activity Danang (3-KIA)
BM1 Manuel Martinez, SN Thomas Edward Adams, and SN Theodore Spencer Hamner III.
Commissaryman 2nd Class Marvin Douglas Avery was one of the 12 men killed from LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1. He was killed in action and died from multiple fragmentation wounds.
CS2 - E5 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Jun 5, 1968
Casualty was on Feb 27, 1969
In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered
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