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DENNIS DEAN DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1949 – August 28, 1969
Service recordDennis Dean Davis, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 128
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Capitol Heights, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 128
- DOUGLAS ALEX COOKSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS DAVIS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- JAMES ALDEN DOUGHTYPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- KENNETH RAYMOND FORDPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
From Capitol Heights
- ANDREW WINTER YOUNGKIN JRLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- EARL THOMAS BROOKEHospitalman · December 2, 1968
- DALE BRANDENBURGSergeant · February 5, 1973
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.