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FRANK DAVIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1949 – October 19, 1969
Service recordFrank Davis JR, of Logansport, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 90
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Logansport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 90
- FRANK HOWARD BRIGGSColonel · October 19, 1969
- WILLIAM LE GRAND DAWESPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- GERALD JAMES GUILLORYPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- EARL EVERETT HOWERTER JRPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
From Logansport
- DANNY LYNN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
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.