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ELTON DAVIS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1949 – September 29, 1969
Service recordElton Davis JR, of Bartlett, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Bartlett, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 18
- TIMMY VALADEZPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT CURRANMajor · September 29, 1969
- JAMES JENNINGS JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1969
- JIMMY KUHLENHOELTERSpecialist Four · September 29, 1969
From Bartlett
- FRANK LOUIS ZIGALOSergeant First Class · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT MARTINEZ FUENTESLance Corporal · May 11, 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.