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EMMETT RAY DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1948 – November 22, 1966
Service recordEmmett Ray Davis, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 108
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 108
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- MAX MARVIN WOODSMALLStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- GERALD EDWARD CHASTAINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- WARREN EDWARD KECKSpecialist Five · March 10, 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.