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GLEN VINCENT DAVEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – July 7, 1967
Service recordGlen Vincent Davey, of Junction, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Junction, West Virginia (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 26
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD ROBERT DAVISLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY LEE FOREMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 27
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.