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DALE LEROY DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – October 15, 1968
Service recordDale Leroy Davis, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 67
- GLENN STANFORD MILLERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES PASSANANTECorporal · October 16, 1968
- MICHAEL L RUSSO IIILance Corporal · October 16, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NEIL JAY MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 64
- OLLIE RAY STAPLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 65
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.