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ARNEL J DAVIS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – June 28, 1967
Service recordArnel J Davis JR, of Owosso, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 76
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Owosso, Michigan (Shiawassee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 76
- MICHAEL GREGORY BROWNSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE BRYANTPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · June 28, 1967
- DUANE EARL CAVARZANPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE BLAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 75
- THOMAS EDWARD BROOMEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 75
- DUANE EARL CAVARZANPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 76
- RODGER THOMAS GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 77
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 78
- GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 78
- BOB RAYMOND LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- WALTER NORVEL LOCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- GRAHAM NORRIS LOWDON JRCaptain · Panel 22E, Line 79
- DAVID ALLEN MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- JOSEPH DAVID NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 80
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 80
- WALTER PRZYBYLOWICZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 80
- ROBERT DUANE SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 81
- DONALD FAYE SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 81
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 81
From Owosso
- MILTON DONALD BRITTONMajor · April 6, 1962
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · March 29, 1970
- DONALD JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
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.
