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BENNY EARL DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1947 – January 23, 1969
Service recordBenny Earl Davis, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 64
- GERALD JACOB BUDBILLSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- SYLVESTER DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1969
- HARLON JOE GILMORESergeant · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD JACOB BUDBILLSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 64
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.