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GENE THOMAS DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1941 – November 9, 1965
Service recordGene Thomas Davis, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · 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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 39
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- TROY BYRON WILLIAMSSergeant · November 8, 1965
- CARL THOMAS BAALSpecialist Five · November 9, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DALE LEROY FUGATEStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1965
From Barberton
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · May 13, 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.