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DAVID D DAVENPORT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1945 – February 5, 1967
Service recordDavid D Davenport JR, of Taylors, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Taylors, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 122
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- JOSEPH MARTIN BRADYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- ULYSSES G BURROUGHSStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ULYSSES G BURROUGHSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 122
From Taylors
- LARRY EMERSON POTTERCorporal · July 16, 1966
- JAMES LEE BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- MARVIN WHITNER BOWENCorporal · January 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- LEWIS ANTHONY DAVISSeaman Apprentice · March 17, 1971
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.