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EMMETT LARUE DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1950 – May 24, 1969
Service recordEmmett Larue Davis, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 93
- ROY EDWARD CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1969
- TERRY DESMOND CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY DARDENCorporal · May 24, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY EDWARD CLARKCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 93
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 94
- RONALD ALLEN YASHACKPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 100
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 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.