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DONALD CHARLES DAVES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1943 – November 15, 1967
Service recordDonald Charles Daves, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 99
- ORVILLE CAUDILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- LORINZER PAUL CLARK JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- HENRY GLEAVES CRIGGERCorporal · November 15, 1967
- BRYANT D FANNINSergeant First Class · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LAWRENCE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 102
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.