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DON EDWARD DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordDon Edward Davis, of Cabot, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Cabot, Arkansas (Lonoke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 18
- JAMES EDWARD CREAMER JRSergeant First Class · April 21, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ALBERT DAVISSergeant · April 21, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO MARRERO-RIOSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
From Cabot
- HAROLD EUGENE MOSELEYCorporal · September 10, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE RAYSpecialist Five · May 12, 1970
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.