The Wall › Panel 27E › Virginia › Holbert Eugene Davis
HOLBERT EUGENE DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1945 – October 5, 1967
Service recordHolbert Eugene Davis, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 52
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 52
- RONALD LOUIS ALVEYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- HAROLD CONWAY DOSS JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN DOSSETTPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LOUIS ALVEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- CHARLES EDWARD FARMERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARTIN DAVID HESTERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARSHALL WIMBERLY HUNTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · Panel 27E, Line 54
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.