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CLAUD ALBERT DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1950 – January 21, 1970
Service recordClaud Albert Davis, of Berryville, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 51
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Berryville, Arkansas (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 51
- TERRY LEE BANNINGFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1970
- JAMES CHARLES BAUMERFireman · January 21, 1970
- LARRY DWAYNE BEEBEFirst Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LARRY DEAN BOYERSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE DREASpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE LEE DREASpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 51
- THOMAS MARK GAITHERCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 52
- PEDRO ACEVEDO GONZALEZSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 52
- ROGER EUGENE KEYSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 52
- JOHN CURTIS KROEGERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 53
- KENNETH RICHARD KROEHLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 53
- FLOYD SANFORD MCCREERYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 54
- LARRY DONNELL MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 54
- JOHN DAVID FREDRICK PIESSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 54
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 55
- JEROME ROBERT SAINPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 55
- KERRY LAMONT TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 56
From Berryville
- GEORGE FREETH SMITHSergeant · April 28, 1967
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.