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J C DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1949 – November 5, 1970
Service recordJ C Davis, of Cokercreek, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 42
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Cokercreek, Tennessee (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 42
- MEREDITH LEE BARNETTSergeant · November 6, 1970
- WILL DANNY BILLINGSSpecialist Five · November 6, 1970
- LONNIE DALE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 6, 1970
- RUBENEDID HERNANDEZ-RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAITSEL ISENHOURSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 40
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.