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CHARLES HENRY DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – January 12, 1969
Service recordCharles Henry Davis, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 75
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 75
- DAVID THOMAS BREENPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JIMMY CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- DOUGLAS KAMKEE CHUNGFirst Lieutenant · January 12, 1969
- JAMES STANLEY CLOSSONAirman First Class · January 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE AUGUSTA EVANSCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 76
- JOSEPH HENRY WACKERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 80
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.