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BENTLEY THOMAS DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – November 10, 1970
Service recordBentley Thomas Davis, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (31L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 49
- JOHN WILLIE HERRINGSergeant First Class · November 9, 1970
- JOHNNY PHILLIP COSTNERSergeant · November 10, 1970
- VICTOR MONROE DEWALTLance Corporal · November 10, 1970
- WALDEMAR S GRZESKOWIAKSpecialist Four · November 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALDEMAR S GRZESKOWIAKSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 49
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.
