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HAROLD MICHAEL DAVIS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 24, 1948 – January 18, 1969
Service recordHarold Michael Davis JR, of Hazel Park, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Hazel Park, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 32
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- EUGENE LEWIS DOTSONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- HARVEY JAMES DOUGLASPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES FREDRICK EISMANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
From Hazel Park
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON LALONESpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE WOLFEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- BARRY ALAN HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- MICHAEL A GRIEVESergeant · January 31, 1968
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GARY CARL SEYMOURPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.