The Wall › Panel 52E › Kansas › Charles Eugene Davis
CHARLES EUGENE DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1947 – April 28, 1968
Service recordCharles Eugene Davis, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 36
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 36
- ARTHUR LAVELLE DAVISSergeant · April 28, 1968
- JOHN DUFFYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DULONGStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- JACKIE LINDELL ELSTONPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.