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BILLY CHARLES DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – April 24, 1969
Service recordBilly Charles Davis, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 39
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 39
- FRANK WARREN FLONNOY JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- JOSEPH JESS GAVIASpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- CARL JOHN GREEN JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- GREGORY MICHAEL HARRIGANFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1969
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.