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ELMER NEAL DAVIS
Private · U.S. Army
March 11, 1945 – September 19, 1967
Service recordElmer Neal Davis, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 92
- RAY COLLINSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- MARSHALL COLIN FARLEYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT ELMER FOLSOMLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAY COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 92
- MARSHALL COLIN FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 92
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 93
From Salisbury
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 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.