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CHARLES WILLIAM DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1941 – July 6, 1966
Service recordCharles William Davis, of Front Royal, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 134
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Front Royal, Virginia (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 134
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILLStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- ROBERT RUSSELL BODESergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
From Front Royal
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- JOSEPH LEVI SEEKFORDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP EUGENE PENNINGTONSergeant · May 6, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD CURRYPrivate · July 15, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ROGER GENE KIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
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.