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JAMES MARK DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1949 – May 8, 1970
Service recordJames Mark Davis, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 130
- SHELBY M CARTERCorporal · May 8, 1970
- CHARLES ALLEN DAVIDSONCorporal · May 8, 1970
- CARL DEAN DIXONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID AUSTIN BUTCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 129
- JOHN DAVID LONSDALEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 132
- MICHAEL LEE MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 2
- PHILLIP JOE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 3
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 1970
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.