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JAMES ALBERT DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordJames Albert Davis, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 20
- FERNANDO CALLE-ZULUAGASergeant · May 13, 1968
- ROGER JOSEPH DANAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ARTHUR LEROY DAVISCaptain · May 13, 1968
- GLENN PHILLIP DAVISCorporal · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN DAVISSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 16
- JOSEPH ADAMSSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 18
- GEORGE COLEMANCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 19
- MOSES JAMES COUSINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- ROGER JOSEPH DANAPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALLEN DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- WILLIAM DENNIS HANSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 21
- GARY JOSEPH GILINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- ANDREW L HEIDERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- JAMES DONALD HESSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 23
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 23
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD MAYSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 26
- JOSEPH ANGEL MENASpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 26
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 27
- PATRICK VICTOR MCNEARNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 28
- ALEXANDER E PRUNKA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 29
- THOMAS F PRZYBELSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 29
- WAYNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 2
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.