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BILLY SYLVESTER DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1937 – January 20, 1967
Service recordBilly Sylvester Davis, of Pinconning, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 56
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Pinconning, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 56
- ARTHUR JOHN ABRAMOFFFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1967
- PABLO GUERECA CONTRERASSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- WILLIAM LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK LARELL COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 55
- PABLO GUERECA CONTRERASSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 56
From Pinconning
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM JASURAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIBSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
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.