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ARTHUR LEROY DAVIS
Captain · U.S. Army
September 4, 1943 – May 13, 1968
Service recordArthur Leroy Davis, of Beaufort, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 20
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Beaufort, North Carolina (Carteret County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59E, Line 20
- FERNANDO CALLE-ZULUAGASergeant · May 13, 1968
- ROGER JOSEPH DANAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- GLENN PHILLIP DAVISCorporal · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN DAVISSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FERNANDO CALLE-ZULUAGASergeant · Panel 59E, Line 20
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
- JOHN P MCGONIGAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
From Beaufort
- JOHNNIE MURRAY MAYOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL SPENCER GODETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.