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ERNEST PETTWAY DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1945 – June 28, 1968
Service recordErnest Pettway Davis, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 9
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM NEAL DODSON JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 8
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 9
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.