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GERALD EDWARD DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1947 – July 15, 1967
Service recordGerald Edward Davis, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 74
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 74
- ROBIN BERN CASSELLLieutenant (junior grade) · July 15, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD RUSSELL JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 76
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- WAYNE TYRONE MOLLCorporal · October 10, 1967
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.