Rank/Branch: United States Marine Corps/O2
Unit: VMFA 533 MAG 12
Date of Birth:18 December 1941
Home City of Record: Morgantown NC
Date of Loss: 03 May 1968
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 164658 North 1070157 East
Status (in 1973): Presumptive Finding of Death
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A6A

Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 1156

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action Combat Casualty File.

REMARKS: DID NOT RETURN FROM MISSION

Capt. Avery was part of the A6A aircrew. Radar contact was lost after leaving the target area of Quang Binh, 10 miles south of Quang Kue.