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JAMES LEROY DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1940 – November 12, 1965
Service recordJames Leroy Davis, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 43
- BENJAMIN CASTILLO-LIMAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD PAUL FERENCESergeant · November 12, 1965
- ROGER LEE FLOYDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 45
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 48
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- PALMER BEACH MILESSergeant · November 17, 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.