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EUGENE FESTER DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – July 22, 1968
Service recordEugene Fester Davis, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 30
- GILBERT CARLOLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- GEORGE NATHANIEL DAVISPrivate · July 22, 1968
- HUGH MOZELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1968
- JOSEPH HILLMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DALE ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 29
- JOSEPH HILLMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 30
- JOE MASON DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 32
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 32
- ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITHSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 32
- MACKLIN OTIS HUGHESSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 33
- GERALD KIRBYPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- DAVID MARK MAYMONCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 34
- GARY ANTONE MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 35
- JOHN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 35
- JACKIE RAY POLINGSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 35
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.