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FRANK EDWARD DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 6, 1948 – September 29, 1968
Service recordFrank Edward Davis, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 39
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Holly Springs, Mississippi (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 39
- ARTHUR BLAKE CREWSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- WERNER CURT BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1968
- GORDON BUTLERCorporal · September 29, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- VAN LESLIE DURHAMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
From Holly Springs
- BENNY LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- M L CURRYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- MACK SIMPSON JEFFRIESSergeant · May 7, 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.