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EDGAR SYLVESTER DAVIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1943 – September 6, 1967
Service recordEdgar Sylvester Davis, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- November 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 8
- RODNEY MAXWELL DAVISSergeant · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM NELS ERLING JRCorporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID EVANSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ANTHONY THOMAS FIELDSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.