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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Calvin Lee McDavis.

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CALVIN LEE MCDAVIS

Private First Class · U.S. Army

October 9, 1946 – September 12, 1967

Service record

Calvin Lee McDavis, of Oakwood, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26E · Line 59

Position of Panel 26E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
October 9, 1946
Home of record
Oakwood, Texas (Leon County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 12, 1967
Age
20
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 26E, Line 59

Same unit, same day

From Oakwood

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.