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ALBERT DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – April 21, 1968
Service recordAlbert Davis, of Prattville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 24 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Prattville, Alabama (Autauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 18
- JAMES EDWARD CREAMER JRSergeant First Class · April 21, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DON EDWARD DAVISCorporal · April 21, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO MARRERO-RIOSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
From Prattville
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JOSEPH MARVINPrivate · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MURFFLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JOE WILKINS SMITHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CLYDE NORTHINGTONLance Corporal · March 4, 1969
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL SUTTLEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
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.