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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Marshall Davies.

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DAVID MARSHALL DAVIES

Captain · U.S. Army

April 23, 1940 – April 2, 1966

Service record

David Marshall Davies, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6E · Line 74

Position of Panel 6E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Quartermaster Supply Officer (4419)
Born
April 23, 1940
Home of record
Seattle, Washington (King County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 2, 1966
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 6E, Line 74

From Seattle

All 238 names from Seattle →

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.