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ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – February 2, 1969
Service recordAlbert Ashley Davenport, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 37
- RELL CRIGGER JRCorporal · February 2, 1969
- LEROY BUDDY DANIELSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HERMAN DENNEY JRCaptain · February 2, 1969
- EDMOND Q WILSON JRSergeant · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 36
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS FREPPONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES GAINES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 39
- JAMES JOHN MORRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 42
- JAMES MARCUS ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 43
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.