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EDWARD LEE DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 17, 1948 – September 8, 1969
Service recordEdward Lee Davis, of Marshall, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 58
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Marshall, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 58
- AMBROSE H BROOKS JRSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD GUYCorporal · September 8, 1969
- ENOCH HAMPTONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
From Marshall
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · May 5, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
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.