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DONALD ALLEN DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – May 24, 1970
Service recordDonald Allen Davis, of Wickenburg, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Wickenburg, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 89
- STEPHEN RICHARD BARKLEYCorporal · May 24, 1970
- RONALD MICHAEL BLUEStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
- ROBERT LEE BROCKCorporal · May 24, 1970
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BRUCE PRITCHARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 91
From Wickenburg
- FREDRICK HARRY FRAZERSpecialist Four · November 27, 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.