William Herschel Ayers

Specialist Four
2ND PLT, D CO, 1ST BN, 501ST INF RGT, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
29 February 1948 - 05 June 1969
Toccoa, Georgia
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William H Ayers
Harvey Sullivan, 2nd left; Bill Ayers, far right
101 ABN DIV

501ST INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for William Herschel Ayers

19 January 2002

You were a good buddy & the best point man I ever had.
Rest easy, old buddy.

Photo courtesy of
Harvey Sullivan
2nd Platoon, D Co., 1st of the 501st, 101st Airborne
wizzz45@sprintmail.com

28 Jun 2000

William H. Ayers, son of Cliff and Dora Ayers, was graduated from Stephens County High School in 1966. He attended North Georgia Tech before entering the United States Army.

SP4 Ayers died of wounds received from the explosion of a mine. He was interred with full military honors in the Stephens Memorial Gardens.

Specialist Four William Herschel Ayers is remembered and honored by his community and by his comrades in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Leon Williams Post 4346, Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia.

Stephens County, Georgia, lost eight of its sons in Vietnam. All are memorialized on The Virtual Wall:

William H. AYERS
SP4, AUS 1948-69
Gregorio M. CAMACHO
SFC, AUS 1931-68
Larry E. COLLIER
SP5, AUS 1944-68
Jacky L. DRURY
SP4, AUS 1949-70
Sponsored by VFW Post 4346 Tommy C. HEATON
CPL, AUS 1946-69
Marshall H. ISBELL
PFC, AUS 1946-67
Emory F. JOHNSON
LCPL, USMC 1943-67
William L. PHILLIPS
Captain, AUS 1945-70

A Note from The Virtual Wall

"D" Company, 1/501st Infantry, lost five men on 05 June 1969:


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his comrades-in-arms from the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 4346, Toccoa, Georgia
kjdavis@alltel.net 
28 Jun 2000



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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