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BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
December 17, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordBlakely Irving Davis JR, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 19
- ROBERT JOHN DAVIESAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS JOE DAWSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JEROLD VIRGIL DESPARDPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- EDWARD ROBERT DORSEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · June 3, 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.