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DANNY CRAIG DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1949 – February 10, 1970
Service recordDanny Craig Davis, of Rio Linda, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 120
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Rio Linda, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 120
- JOEL B SIMPSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- BILLY FRANCIS DODDSpecialist Five · February 10, 1970
- JOHN VINCENT FRANCISCaptain · February 10, 1970
- BOBBY GENE FROSTChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 10, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH GREENSeaman · February 10, 1970
From Rio Linda
- CARL DAVID FLOWERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · May 11, 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.