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HERBERT CARSON DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – February 15, 1968
Service recordHerbert Carson Davis, of Blairsville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 45
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Blairsville, Georgia (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 45
- MICHAEL MORRIS CADYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- WARREN MITCHELL DIXONStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- DENNIS DORSEYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
From Blairsville
- ROGER RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · December 26, 1969
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.