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JAMES DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – May 30, 1968
Service recordJames Davis, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 15
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 15
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- GERALD ALAN COLLISSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DRAEMERLance Corporal · May 30, 1968
- IGNACIO DURANPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- BILLIE HOWARD FULK JRSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ALAN COLLISSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 15
- JOSEPH HAROLD GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 16
- GEORGE FRANCIS LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 18
- JOHN DAVID PAPESergeant · Panel 63W, Line 19
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.