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CHARLES EDWARD DAVIS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1949 – March 17, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Davis JR, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- 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
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 60
- HAROLD PAUL DEGNERSergeant · March 17, 1969
- CHARLES ELBERT FINNEYMajor · March 17, 1969
- RODGER LYNN GARLICKSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
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.